return 0;
 }
 
-static int regulator_fill_coupling_array(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+static void regulator_resolve_coupling(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
        struct coupling_desc *c_desc = &rdev->coupling_desc;
        int n_coupled = c_desc->n_coupled;
 
                c_rdev = of_parse_coupled_regulator(rdev, i - 1);
 
-               if (c_rdev) {
-                       c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i] = c_rdev;
-                       c_desc->n_resolved++;
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (rdev->coupling_desc.n_resolved < n_coupled)
-               return -1;
-       else
-               return 0;
-}
+               if (!c_rdev)
+                       continue;
 
-static int regulator_register_fill_coupling_array(struct device *dev,
-                                                 void *data)
-{
-       struct regulator_dev *rdev = dev_to_rdev(dev);
+               regulator_lock(c_rdev);
 
-       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF))
-               return 0;
+               c_desc->coupled_rdevs[i] = c_rdev;
+               c_desc->n_resolved++;
 
-       if (regulator_fill_coupling_array(rdev))
-               rdev_dbg(rdev, "unable to resolve coupling\n");
+               regulator_unlock(c_rdev);
 
-       return 0;
+               regulator_resolve_coupling(c_rdev);
+       }
 }
 
-static int regulator_resolve_coupling(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
+static int regulator_init_coupling(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
        int n_phandles;
 
        if (!of_check_coupling_data(rdev))
                return -EPERM;
 
-       /*
-        * After everything has been checked, try to fill rdevs array
-        * with pointers to regulators parsed from device tree. If some
-        * regulators are not registered yet, retry in late init call
-        */
-       regulator_fill_coupling_array(rdev);
-
        return 0;
 }
 
        if (ret < 0)
                goto wash;
 
-       mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
-       ret = regulator_resolve_coupling(rdev);
-       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
-
-       if (ret != 0)
+       ret = regulator_init_coupling(rdev);
+       if (ret < 0)
                goto wash;
 
        /* add consumers devices */
 
        rdev_init_debugfs(rdev);
 
+       /* try to resolve regulators coupling since a new one was registered */
+       mutex_lock(®ulator_list_mutex);
+       regulator_resolve_coupling(rdev);
+       mutex_unlock(®ulator_list_mutex);
+
        /* try to resolve regulators supply since a new one was registered */
        class_for_each_device(®ulator_class, NULL, NULL,
                              regulator_register_resolve_supply);
        class_for_each_device(®ulator_class, NULL, NULL,
                              regulator_late_cleanup);
 
-       class_for_each_device(®ulator_class, NULL, NULL,
-                             regulator_register_fill_coupling_array);
-
        return 0;
 }
 late_initcall_sync(regulator_init_complete);