diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index 2737b97..e7df019 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -147,6 +147,39 @@
 	clk_put(pclk);
 }
 
+static int amba_get_enable_vcore(struct amba_device *pcdev)
+{
+	struct regulator *vcore = regulator_get(&pcdev->dev, "vcore");
+	int ret;
+
+	pcdev->vcore = vcore;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(vcore)) {
+		/* It is OK not to supply a vcore regulator */
+		if (PTR_ERR(vcore) == -ENODEV)
+			return 0;
+		return PTR_ERR(vcore);
+	}
+
+	ret = regulator_enable(vcore);
+	if (ret) {
+		regulator_put(vcore);
+		pcdev->vcore = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void amba_put_disable_vcore(struct amba_device *pcdev)
+{
+	struct regulator *vcore = pcdev->vcore;
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(vcore)) {
+		regulator_disable(vcore);
+		regulator_put(vcore);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * These are the device model conversion veneers; they convert the
  * device model structures to our more specific structures.
@@ -159,6 +192,10 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	do {
+		ret = amba_get_enable_vcore(pcdev);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
 		ret = amba_get_enable_pclk(pcdev);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -168,6 +205,7 @@
 			break;
 
 		amba_put_disable_pclk(pcdev);
+		amba_put_disable_vcore(pcdev);
 	} while (0);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -180,6 +218,7 @@
 	int ret = drv->remove(pcdev);
 
 	amba_put_disable_pclk(pcdev);
+	amba_put_disable_vcore(pcdev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/bus.h b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
index c6454cc..9e7f259 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/resource.h>
+#include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 
 #define AMBA_NR_IRQS	2
 #define AMBA_CID	0xb105f00d
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 	struct device		dev;
 	struct resource		res;
 	struct clk		*pclk;
+	struct regulator	*vcore;
 	u64			dma_mask;
 	unsigned int		periphid;
 	unsigned int		irq[AMBA_NR_IRQS];
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@
 #define amba_pclk_disable(d)	\
 	do { if (!IS_ERR((d)->pclk)) clk_disable((d)->pclk); } while (0)
 
+#define amba_vcore_enable(d)	\
+	(IS_ERR((d)->vcore) ? 0 : regulator_enable((d)->vcore))
+
+#define amba_vcore_disable(d)	\
+	do { if (!IS_ERR((d)->vcore)) regulator_disable((d)->vcore); } while (0)
+
 /* Some drivers don't use the struct amba_device */
 #define AMBA_CONFIG_BITS(a) (((a) >> 24) & 0xff)
 #define AMBA_REV_BITS(a) (((a) >> 20) & 0x0f)