diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index b9d7b45c7295459f0928e8436623b45897be23d1..2994ee023b40db1fa3ba2d6d6d10a960d364094f 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -2058,15 +2058,7 @@ static void _regulator_put(struct regulator *regulator)
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(regulator->debugfs);
 
 	if (regulator->dev) {
-		int count = 0;
-		struct regulator *r;
-
-		list_for_each_entry(r, &rdev->consumer_list, list)
-			if (r->dev == regulator->dev)
-				count++;
-
-		if (count == 1)
-			device_link_remove(regulator->dev, &rdev->dev);
+		device_link_remove(regulator->dev, &rdev->dev);
 
 		/* remove any sysfs entries */
 		sysfs_remove_link(&rdev->dev.kobj, regulator->supply_name);