@@ -362,8 +362,27 @@ static int cx20442_component_probe(struct snd_soc_component *component)
return -ENOMEM;
cx20442->por = regulator_get(component->dev, "POR");
- if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por))
- dev_warn(component->dev, "failed to get the regulator");
+ if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por)) {
+ int err = PTR_ERR(cx20442->por);
+
+ dev_warn(component->dev, "failed to get POR supply (%d)", err);
+ /*
+ * When running on a non-dt platform and requested regulator
+ * is not available, regulator_get() never returns
+ * -EPROBE_DEFER as it is not able to justify if the regulator
+ * may still appear later. On the other hand, the board can
+ * still set full constraints flag at late_initcall in order
+ * to instruct regulator_get() to return a dummy one if
+ * sufficient. Hence, if we get -ENODEV here, let's convert
+ * it to -EPROBE_DEFER and wait for the board to decide or
+ * let Deferred Probe infrastructure handle this error.
+ */
+ if (err == -ENODEV)
+ err = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+ kfree(cx20442);
+ return err;
+ }
+
cx20442->tty = NULL;
snd_soc_component_set_drvdata(component, cx20442);