return ret;
                if (bypassed) {
                        /* if bypassed the regulator must have a supply */
-                       if (!rdev->supply)
-                               return -EINVAL;
+                       if (!rdev->supply) {
+                               rdev_err(rdev,
+                                        "bypassed regulator has no supply!\n");
+                               return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+                       }
 
                        return _regulator_get_voltage(rdev->supply->rdev);
                }
                rdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(config->of_node);
        }
 
-       mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
-
        mutex_init(&rdev->mutex);
        rdev->reg_data = config->driver_data;
        rdev->owner = regulator_desc->owner;
 
        if ((config->ena_gpio || config->ena_gpio_initialized) &&
            gpio_is_valid(config->ena_gpio)) {
+               mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
                ret = regulator_ena_gpio_request(rdev, config);
+               mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
                if (ret != 0) {
                        rdev_err(rdev, "Failed to request enable GPIO%d: %d\n",
                                 config->ena_gpio, ret);
        if (init_data)
                constraints = &init_data->constraints;
 
-       ret = set_machine_constraints(rdev, constraints);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto wash;
-
        if (init_data && init_data->supply_regulator)
                rdev->supply_name = init_data->supply_regulator;
        else if (regulator_desc->supply_name)
                rdev->supply_name = regulator_desc->supply_name;
 
+       /*
+        * Attempt to resolve the regulator supply, if specified,
+        * but don't return an error if we fail because we will try
+        * to resolve it again later as more regulators are added.
+        */
+       if (regulator_resolve_supply(rdev))
+               rdev_dbg(rdev, "unable to resolve supply\n");
+
+       ret = set_machine_constraints(rdev, constraints);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto wash;
+
        /* add consumers devices */
        if (init_data) {
+               mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
                for (i = 0; i < init_data->num_consumer_supplies; i++) {
                        ret = set_consumer_device_supply(rdev,
                                init_data->consumer_supplies[i].dev_name,
                                init_data->consumer_supplies[i].supply);
                        if (ret < 0) {
+                               mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
                                dev_err(dev, "Failed to set supply %s\n",
                                        init_data->consumer_supplies[i].supply);
                                goto unset_supplies;
                        }
                }
+               mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
        }
 
-       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
-
        ret = device_register(&rdev->dev);
        if (ret != 0) {
                put_device(&rdev->dev);
        return rdev;
 
 unset_supplies:
+       mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
        unset_regulator_supplies(rdev);
+       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
 wash:
        kfree(rdev->constraints);
+       mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
        regulator_ena_gpio_free(rdev);
+       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
 clean:
        kfree(rdev);
-       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
        kfree(config);
        return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }