diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 09a737c..4c53b39 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -3472,6 +3472,15 @@
 	struct regulation_constraints *c;
 	int enabled, ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Since DT doesn't provide an idiomatic mechanism for
+	 * enabling full constraints and since it's much more natural
+	 * with DT to provide them just assume that a DT enabled
+	 * system has full constraints.
+	 */
+	if (of_have_populated_dt())
+		has_full_constraints = true;
+
 	mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
 
 	/* If we have a full configuration then disable any regulators