diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index c80f3fd9532ddf7d16b5246ca27731f9c7863e17..2c3a03cfd381dcd2d807b943ad033014ded0b20b 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -4998,6 +4998,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 	struct regulator_dev *rdev;
 	bool dangling_cfg_gpiod = false;
 	bool dangling_of_gpiod = false;
+	bool reg_device_fail = false;
 	struct device *dev;
 	int ret, i;
 
@@ -5183,7 +5184,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 	dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev);
 	ret = device_register(&rdev->dev);
 	if (ret != 0) {
-		put_device(&rdev->dev);
+		reg_device_fail = true;
 		goto unset_supplies;
 	}
 
@@ -5213,7 +5214,10 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 clean:
 	if (dangling_of_gpiod)
 		gpiod_put(config->ena_gpiod);
-	kfree(rdev);
+	if (reg_device_fail)
+		put_device(&rdev->dev);
+	else
+		kfree(rdev);
 	kfree(config);
 rinse:
 	if (dangling_cfg_gpiod)