diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
index 52c5c7e63b52..b2e419d9be3d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/clk-provider.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
+#include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 
 static struct fb_fix_screeninfo simplefb_fix = {
 	.id		= "simple",
@@ -174,6 +176,10 @@ struct simplefb_par {
 	int clk_count;
 	struct clk **clks;
 #endif
+#if defined CONFIG_OF && defined CONFIG_REGULATOR
+	u32 regulator_count;
+	struct regulator **regulators;
+#endif
 };
 
 #if defined CONFIG_OF && defined CONFIG_COMMON_CLK
@@ -269,6 +275,93 @@ static int simplefb_clocks_init(struct simplefb_par *par,
 static void simplefb_clocks_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par) { }
 #endif
 
+#if defined CONFIG_OF && defined CONFIG_REGULATOR
+/*
+ * Regulator handling code.
+ *
+ * Here we handle the num-supplies and vin*-supply properties of our
+ * "simple-framebuffer" dt node. This is necessary so that we can make sure
+ * that any regulators needed by the display hardware that the bootloader
+ * set up for us (and for which it provided a simplefb dt node), stay up,
+ * for the life of the simplefb driver.
+ *
+ * When the driver unloads, we cleanly disable, and then release the
+ * regulators.
+ *
+ * We only complain about errors here, no action is taken as the most likely
+ * error can only happen due to a mismatch between the bootloader which set
+ * up simplefb, and the regulator definitions in the device tree. Chances are
+ * that there are no adverse effects, and if there are, a clean teardown of
+ * the fb probe will not help us much either. So just complain and carry on,
+ * and hope that the user actually gets a working fb at the end of things.
+ */
+static int simplefb_regulators_init(struct simplefb_par *par,
+	struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct regulator *regulator;
+	int i, ret;
+
+	if (dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev) || !np)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "num-supplies", &par->regulator_count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	par->regulators = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, par->regulator_count,
+				       sizeof(struct regulator *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!par->regulators)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->regulator_count; i++) {
+		char name[8];
+
+		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vin%d", i);
+		regulator = devm_regulator_get_optional(&pdev->dev, name);
+		if (IS_ERR(regulator)) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(regulator) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s: regulator %d not found: %ld\n",
+				__func__, i, PTR_ERR(regulator));
+			continue;
+		}
+		par->regulators[i] = regulator;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->regulator_count; i++) {
+		if (par->regulators[i]) {
+			ret = regulator_enable(par->regulators[i]);
+			if (ret) {
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+					"%s: failed to enable regulator %d: %d\n",
+					__func__, i, ret);
+				devm_regulator_put(par->regulators[i]);
+				par->regulators[i] = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void simplefb_regulators_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (!par->regulators)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < par->regulator_count; i++)
+		if (par->regulators[i])
+			regulator_disable(par->regulators[i]);
+}
+#else
+static int simplefb_regulators_init(struct simplefb_par *par,
+	struct platform_device *pdev) { return 0; }
+static void simplefb_regulators_destroy(struct simplefb_par *par) { }
+#endif
+
 static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -340,6 +433,10 @@ static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error_unmap;
 
+	ret = simplefb_regulators_init(par, pdev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_clocks;
+
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "framebuffer at 0x%lx, 0x%x bytes, mapped to 0x%p\n",
 			     info->fix.smem_start, info->fix.smem_len,
 			     info->screen_base);
@@ -351,13 +448,15 @@ static int simplefb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = register_framebuffer(info);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to register simplefb: %d\n", ret);
-		goto error_clocks;
+		goto error_regulators;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "fb%d: simplefb registered!\n", info->node);
 
 	return 0;
 
+error_regulators:
+	simplefb_regulators_destroy(par);
 error_clocks:
 	simplefb_clocks_destroy(par);
 error_unmap:
@@ -373,6 +472,7 @@ static int simplefb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct simplefb_par *par = info->par;
 
 	unregister_framebuffer(info);
+	simplefb_regulators_destroy(par);
 	simplefb_clocks_destroy(par);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 
