diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 78387a6cbae5..584cbbd38d47 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int regulator_check_drms(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	if (!(rdev->constraints->valid_ops_mask & REGULATOR_CHANGE_DRMS)) {
-		rdev_err(rdev, "operation not allowed\n");
+		rdev_dbg(rdev, "operation not allowed\n");
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ static int drms_uA_update(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	int current_uA = 0, output_uV, input_uV, err;
 	unsigned int mode;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * first check to see if we can set modes at all, otherwise just
 	 * tell the consumer everything is OK.
@@ -761,6 +763,8 @@ static int suspend_set_state(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 /* locks held by caller */
 static int suspend_prepare(struct regulator_dev *rdev, suspend_state_t state)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	if (!rdev->constraints)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1595,9 +1599,11 @@ static void _regulator_put(struct regulator *regulator)
 {
 	struct regulator_dev *rdev;
 
-	if (regulator == NULL || IS_ERR(regulator))
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(regulator))
 		return;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&regulator_list_mutex);
+
 	rdev = regulator->rdev;
 
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(regulator->debugfs);
@@ -1976,6 +1982,8 @@ static int _regulator_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	/* check voltage and requested load before enabling */
 	if (rdev->constraints &&
 	    (rdev->constraints->valid_ops_mask & REGULATOR_CHANGE_DRMS))
@@ -2076,6 +2084,8 @@ static int _regulator_disable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	if (WARN(rdev->use_count <= 0,
 		 "unbalanced disables for %s\n", rdev_get_name(rdev)))
 		return -EIO;
@@ -2154,6 +2164,8 @@ static int _regulator_force_disable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	ret = _notifier_call_chain(rdev, REGULATOR_EVENT_FORCE_DISABLE |
 			REGULATOR_EVENT_PRE_DISABLE, NULL);
 	if (ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
@@ -2722,7 +2734,7 @@ int regulator_set_voltage(struct regulator *regulator, int min_uV, int max_uV)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* If we're trying to set a range that overlaps the current voltage,
-	 * return succesfully even though the regulator does not support
+	 * return successfully even though the regulator does not support
 	 * changing the voltage.
 	 */
 	if (!(rdev->constraints->valid_ops_mask & REGULATOR_CHANGE_VOLTAGE)) {
@@ -3450,6 +3462,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_bulk_free);
 int regulator_notifier_call_chain(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 				  unsigned long event, void *data)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&rdev->mutex);
+
 	_notifier_call_chain(rdev, event, data);
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
@@ -3824,11 +3838,11 @@ void regulator_unregister(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	WARN_ON(rdev->open_count);
 	unset_regulator_supplies(rdev);
 	list_del(&rdev->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
 	kfree(rdev->constraints);
 	regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
 	of_node_put(rdev->dev.of_node);
 	device_unregister(&rdev->dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regulator_unregister);