diff --git a/drivers/regulator/max17135-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/max17135-regulator.c
index 6e36c12d7afe..e6364e66941e 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/max17135-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/max17135-regulator.c
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ static inline int vcom_rs_to_uV(int rs, int pass_num)
 		- (vcom_data[pass_num].vcom_step_uV * rs);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function should only be called with positive voltage values because
+ * negative ones are considered errors by the regulator core implementation.
+ *
+ * The given positive value if the absolute value of the desired negative one.
+ */
 static int max17135_vcom_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *reg,
 					int minuV, int uV, unsigned *selector)
 {
@@ -172,6 +178,9 @@ static int max17135_vcom_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *reg,
 	unsigned int reg_val;
 	int vcom_read;
 
+	/* Transform uV for our negative land values */
+	uV = -uV;
+
 	if ((uV < vcom_data[max17135->pass_num-1].vcom_min_uV)
 		|| (uV > vcom_data[max17135->pass_num-1].vcom_max_uV))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -197,18 +206,29 @@ static int max17135_vcom_set_voltage(struct regulator_dev *reg,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function should only return positive voltage values because negative
+ * ones are considered errors by the regulator core implementation.
+ */
 static int max17135_vcom_get_voltage(struct regulator_dev *reg)
 {
 	struct max17135 *max17135 = rdev_get_drvdata(reg);
 	unsigned int reg_val;
+	int uV;
 
 	max17135_reg_read(REG_MAX17135_DVR, &reg_val);
-	return vcom_rs_to_uV(BITFEXT(reg_val, DVR), max17135->pass_num-1);
+	uV = vcom_rs_to_uV(BITFEXT(reg_val, DVR), max17135->pass_num-1);
+
+	/* Transform uV to positive value */
+	uV = -uV;
+
+	return uV;
 }
 
 static int max17135_vcom_enable(struct regulator_dev *reg)
 {
 	struct max17135 *max17135 = rdev_get_drvdata(reg);
+	int uV;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check to see if we need to set the VCOM voltage.
@@ -216,10 +236,9 @@ static int max17135_vcom_enable(struct regulator_dev *reg)
 	 * only change vcom voltage if we have been enabled.
 	 */
 	if (!max17135->vcom_setup && max17135_is_power_good(max17135)) {
-		max17135_vcom_set_voltage(reg,
-			max17135->vcom_uV,
-			max17135->vcom_uV,
-			NULL);
+		uV = (-1) * max17135->vcom_uV;
+
+		max17135_vcom_set_voltage(reg, uV, uV, NULL);
 		max17135->vcom_setup = true;
 	}