diff --git a/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c b/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
index 0a1d1b36c067c0334600ac6cf81c0ebf62cc8c9c..426a933d66d688cd6402eb1b0a7b3d70e6cf47b0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/power/regulator/regulator-uclass.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int regulator_set_current(struct udevice *dev, int uA)
 	return ops->set_current(dev, uA);
 }
 
-bool regulator_get_enable(struct udevice *dev)
+int regulator_get_enable(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	const struct dm_regulator_ops *ops = dev_get_driver_ops(dev);
 
diff --git a/include/power/regulator.h b/include/power/regulator.h
index 1a8e5753d789f1cd786b0ad7e5564334bca460d4..2bbc1e51b345b21469d0f4d07180a9acfa3d0fae 100644
--- a/include/power/regulator.h
+++ b/include/power/regulator.h
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ struct dm_regulator_ops {
 	 * @dev           - regulator device
 	 * Sets:
 	 * @enable         - set true - enable or false - disable
-	 * @return true/false for get; or 0 / -errno for set.
+	 * @return true/false for get or -errno if fail; 0 / -errno for set.
 	 */
-	bool (*get_enable)(struct udevice *dev);
+	int (*get_enable)(struct udevice *dev);
 	int (*set_enable)(struct udevice *dev, bool enable);
 
 	/**
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ int regulator_set_current(struct udevice *dev, int uA);
  * regulator_get_enable: get regulator device enable state.
  *
  * @dev    - pointer to the regulator device
- * @return - true/false of enable state
+ * @return - true/false of enable state or -errno val if fails
  */
-bool regulator_get_enable(struct udevice *dev);
+int regulator_get_enable(struct udevice *dev);
 
 /**
  * regulator_set_enable: set regulator enable state