diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 744c9889f88d..3c987d76e684 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -3918,6 +3918,16 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 			goto clean;
 	}
 
+	if ((config->ena_gpio || config->ena_gpio_initialized) &&
+	    gpio_is_valid(config->ena_gpio)) {
+		ret = regulator_ena_gpio_request(rdev, config);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			rdev_err(rdev, "Failed to request enable GPIO%d: %d\n",
+				 config->ena_gpio, ret);
+			goto wash;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* register with sysfs */
 	rdev->dev.class = &regulator_class;
 	rdev->dev.parent = dev;
@@ -3931,16 +3941,6 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&rdev->dev, rdev);
 
-	if ((config->ena_gpio || config->ena_gpio_initialized) &&
-	    gpio_is_valid(config->ena_gpio)) {
-		ret = regulator_ena_gpio_request(rdev, config);
-		if (ret != 0) {
-			rdev_err(rdev, "Failed to request enable GPIO%d: %d\n",
-				 config->ena_gpio, ret);
-			goto wash;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* set regulator constraints */
 	if (init_data)
 		constraints = &init_data->constraints;