diff --git a/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c b/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
index 2a59a1b79c2..94c52cf555b 100644
--- a/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ int regulator_list_autoset(const char *list_platname[],
 		ret = regulator_autoset_by_name(list_platname[i], &dev);
 		if (ret != -EMEDIUMTYPE && verbose)
 			regulator_show(dev, ret);
-		if (ret & !error)
+		if (ret && ret != -EALREADY && !error)
 			error = ret;
 
 		if (list_devp)