diff --git a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
index 06c0b15fe4c0..564f928eb1db 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
@@ -413,8 +413,12 @@ device_node *regulator_of_get_init_node(struct device *dev,
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(search, child) {
 		name = of_get_property(child, "regulator-compatible", NULL);
-		if (!name)
-			name = child->name;
+		if (!name) {
+			if (!desc->of_match_full_name)
+				name = child->name;
+			else
+				name = child->full_name;
+		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(desc->of_match, name)) {
 			of_node_put(search);
diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index 11cade73726c..d7c77ee370f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ enum regulator_type {
  * @name: Identifying name for the regulator.
  * @supply_name: Identifying the regulator supply
  * @of_match: Name used to identify regulator in DT.
+ * @of_match_full_name: A flag to indicate that the of_match string, if
+ *			present, should be matched against the node full_name.
  * @regulators_node: Name of node containing regulator definitions in DT.
  * @of_parse_cb: Optional callback called only if of_match is present.
  *               Will be called for each regulator parsed from DT, during
@@ -314,6 +316,7 @@ struct regulator_desc {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *supply_name;
 	const char *of_match;
+	bool of_match_full_name;
 	const char *regulators_node;
 	int (*of_parse_cb)(struct device_node *,
 			    const struct regulator_desc *,