config = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct fixed_voltage_config),
                                                                 GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!config)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        config->init_data = of_get_regulator_init_data(dev, dev->of_node);
        if (!config->init_data)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
        init_data = config->init_data;
        init_data->constraints.apply_uV = 0;
        } else {
                dev_err(dev,
                         "Fixed regulator specified with variable voltages\n");
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        }
 
        if (init_data->constraints.boot_on)
                config->enabled_at_boot = true;
 
        config->gpio = of_get_named_gpio(np, "gpio", 0);
+       /*
+        * of_get_named_gpio() currently returns ENODEV rather than
+        * EPROBE_DEFER. This code attempts to be compatible with both
+        * for now; the ENODEV check can be removed once the API is fixed.
+        * of_get_named_gpio() doesn't differentiate between a missing
+        * property (which would be fine here, since the GPIO is optional)
+        * and some other error. Patches have been posted for both issues.
+        * Once they are check in, we should replace this with:
+        * if (config->gpio < 0 && config->gpio != -ENOENT)
+        */
+       if ((config->gpio == -ENODEV) || (config->gpio == -EPROBE_DEFER))
+               return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+
        delay = of_get_property(np, "startup-delay-us", NULL);
        if (delay)
                config->startup_delay = be32_to_cpu(*delay);
        struct regulator_config cfg = { };
        int ret;
 
-       if (pdev->dev.of_node)
+       if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
                config = of_get_fixed_voltage_config(&pdev->dev);
-       else
+               if (IS_ERR(config))
+                       return PTR_ERR(config);
+       } else {
                config = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+       }
 
        if (!config)
                return -ENOMEM;