diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index c340505150b6..7486f6e4e613 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -5754,10 +5754,6 @@ static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(regulator_init_complete_work,
 
 static int __init regulator_init_complete(void)
 {
-	int delay = driver_deferred_probe_timeout;
-
-	if (delay < 0)
-		delay = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Since DT doesn't provide an idiomatic mechanism for
 	 * enabling full constraints and since it's much more natural
@@ -5768,17 +5764,18 @@ static int __init regulator_init_complete(void)
 		has_full_constraints = true;
 
 	/*
-	 * If driver_deferred_probe_timeout is set, we punt
-	 * completion for that many seconds since systems like
-	 * distros will load many drivers from userspace so consumers
-	 * might not always be ready yet, this is particularly an
-	 * issue with laptops where this might bounce the display off
-	 * then on.  Ideally we'd get a notification from userspace
-	 * when this happens but we don't so just wait a bit and hope
-	 * we waited long enough.  It'd be better if we'd only do
-	 * this on systems that need it.
+	 * We punt completion for an arbitrary amount of time since
+	 * systems like distros will load many drivers from userspace
+	 * so consumers might not always be ready yet, this is
+	 * particularly an issue with laptops where this might bounce
+	 * the display off then on.  Ideally we'd get a notification
+	 * from userspace when this happens but we don't so just wait
+	 * a bit and hope we waited long enough.  It'd be better if
+	 * we'd only do this on systems that need it, and a kernel
+	 * command line option might be useful.
 	 */
-	schedule_delayed_work(&regulator_init_complete_work, delay * HZ);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&regulator_init_complete_work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(30000));
 
 	return 0;
 }