diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
index 9d907c526c94..5b2a1ff95d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config DRM_MSM
 	tristate "MSM DRM"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on ARCH_QCOM || (ARM && COMPILE_TEST)
+	select REGULATOR
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select SHMEM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
index 79d804e61cc4..ac204720429e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp4_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(mdp4_kms->dsi_pll_vddio))
 		mdp4_kms->dsi_pll_vddio = NULL;
 
+	/* NOTE: driver for this regulator still missing upstream.. use
+	 * _get_exclusive() and ignore the error if it does not exist
+	 * (and hope that the bootloader left it on for us)
+	 */
 	mdp4_kms->vdd = devm_regulator_get_exclusive(&pdev->dev, "vdd");
 	if (IS_ERR(mdp4_kms->vdd))
 		mdp4_kms->vdd = NULL;