diff --git a/drivers/regulator/mc13892-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/mc13892-regulator.c
index e4f2197..7c86040 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/mc13892-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/mc13892-regulator.c
@@ -535,15 +535,18 @@ static int mc13892_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *mc13xxx_data;
 	struct regulator_config config = { };
 	int i, ret;
-	int num_regulators = 0;
+	int num_regulators = 0, num_parsed;
 	u32 val;
 
 	num_regulators = mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt(pdev);
+
 	if (num_regulators <= 0 && pdata)
 		num_regulators = pdata->num_regulators;
 	if (num_regulators <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	num_parsed = num_regulators;
+
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv) +
 		num_regulators * sizeof(priv->regulators[0]),
 		GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -586,7 +589,39 @@ static int mc13892_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		= mc13892_vcam_get_mode;
 
 	mc13xxx_data = mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt(pdev, mc13892_regulators,
-					ARRAY_SIZE(mc13892_regulators));
+					ARRAY_SIZE(mc13892_regulators),
+					&num_parsed);
+
+	/*
+	 * Perform a little sanity check on the regulator tree - if we found
+	 * a number of regulators from mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt and
+	 * then parsed a smaller number in mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt then
+	 * there is a regulator defined in the regulators node which has
+	 * not matched any usable regulator in the driver. In this case,
+	 * there is one missing and what will happen is the first regulator
+	 * will get registered again.
+	 *
+	 * Fix this by basically making our number of registerable regulators
+	 * equal to the number of regulators we parsed. We are allocating
+	 * too much memory for priv, but this is unavoidable at this point.
+	 *
+	 * As an example of how this can happen, try making a typo in your
+	 * regulators node (vviohi {} instead of viohi {}) so that the name
+	 * does not match..
+	 *
+	 * The check will basically pass for platform data (non-DT) because
+	 * mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt for !CONFIG_OF will not touch num_parsed.
+	 *
+	 */
+	if (num_parsed != num_regulators) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
+		"parsed %d != regulators %d - check your device tree!\n",
+			num_parsed, num_regulators);
+
+		num_regulators = num_parsed;
+		priv->num_regulators = num_regulators;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_regulators; i++) {
 		struct regulator_init_data *init_data;
 		struct regulator_desc *desc;
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx-regulator-core.c b/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx-regulator-core.c
index 4ed89c6..2ecf1d8 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx-regulator-core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx-regulator-core.c
@@ -181,12 +181,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt);
 
 struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt(
 	struct platform_device *pdev, struct mc13xxx_regulator *regulators,
-	int num_regulators)
+	int num_regulators, int *num_parsed)
 {
 	struct mc13xxx_regulator_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *data, *p;
 	struct device_node *parent, *child;
-	int i;
+	int i, parsed = 0;
+
+	*num_parsed = 0;
 
 	of_node_get(pdev->dev.parent->of_node);
 	parent = of_find_node_by_name(pdev->dev.parent->of_node, "regulators");
@@ -203,16 +205,20 @@ struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt(
 		for (i = 0; i < num_regulators; i++) {
 			if (!of_node_cmp(child->name,
 					 regulators[i].desc.name)) {
+
 				p->id = i;
 				p->init_data = of_get_regulator_init_data(
 							&pdev->dev, child);
 				p->node = child;
 				p++;
+
+				parsed++;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	*num_parsed = parsed;
 	return data;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt);
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx.h b/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx.h
index 06c8903..007f833 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx.h
+++ b/drivers/regulator/mc13xxx.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern int mc13xxx_fixed_regulator_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
 extern int mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt(
 	struct platform_device *pdev, struct mc13xxx_regulator *regulators,
-	int num_regulators);
+	int num_regulators, int *num_parsed);
 #else
 static inline int mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static inline int mc13xxx_get_num_regulators_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static inline struct mc13xxx_regulator_init_data *mc13xxx_parse_regulators_dt(
 	struct platform_device *pdev, struct mc13xxx_regulator *regulators,
-	int num_regulators)
+	int num_regulators, int *num_parsed)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
