diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b6aa56625a39..cc1c8ca84ba2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 64714354a45a58a072cfc926db0a078611a63d43
+refs/heads/master: 500b4ac90d1103a7c302d5bb16c53f4ffc45d057
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/regulator/core.c b/trunk/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 98e5d14f94f3..2248087b9be2 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -1745,6 +1745,7 @@ int regulator_set_mode(struct regulator *regulator, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	struct regulator_dev *rdev = regulator->rdev;
 	int ret;
+	int regulator_curr_mode;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);
 
@@ -1754,6 +1755,15 @@ int regulator_set_mode(struct regulator *regulator, unsigned int mode)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* return if the same mode is requested */
+	if (rdev->desc->ops->get_mode) {
+		regulator_curr_mode = rdev->desc->ops->get_mode(rdev);
+		if (regulator_curr_mode == mode) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* constraints check */
 	ret = regulator_check_mode(rdev, mode);
 	if (ret < 0)