diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-dbx5x0.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-dbx5x0.dtsi
index 527ee577e9a9..a53657b83288 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-dbx5x0.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-dbx5x0.dtsi
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 			clocks = <&prcmu_clk PRCMU_ARMSS>;
 			clock-names = "cpu";
 			clock-latency = <20000>;
+			#cooling-cells = <2>;
 		};
 		CPU1: cpu@301 {
 			device_type = "cpu";
@@ -51,6 +52,39 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	thermal-zones {
+		/*
+		 * Thermal zone for the SoC, using the thermal sensor in the
+		 * PRCMU for temperature and the cpufreq driver for passive
+		 * cooling.
+		 */
+		cpu_thermal: cpu-thermal {
+			polling-delay-passive = <0>;
+			polling-delay = <1000>;
+
+			thermal-sensors = <&thermal>;
+
+			trips {
+				cpu_alert: cpu-alert {
+					temperature = <70000>;
+					hysteresis = <2000>;
+					type = "passive";
+				};
+				cpu-crit {
+					temperature = <85000>;
+					hysteresis = <0>;
+					type = "critical";
+				};
+			};
+
+			cooling-maps {
+				trip = <&cpu_alert>;
+				cooling-device = <&CPU0 0 2>;
+				contribution = <100>;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
@@ -501,33 +535,14 @@
 				reg = <0x80157450 0xC>;
 			};
 
-			thermal@801573c0 {
+			thermal: thermal@801573c0 {
 				compatible = "stericsson,db8500-thermal";
 				reg = <0x801573c0 0x40>;
 				interrupt-parent = <&prcmu>;
 				interrupts = <21 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>,
 					     <22 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
 				interrupt-names = "IRQ_HOTMON_LOW", "IRQ_HOTMON_HIGH";
-				num-trips = <4>;
-
-				trip0-temp = <70000>;
-				trip0-type = "active";
-				trip0-cdev-num = <1>;
-				trip0-cdev-name0 = "thermal-cpufreq-0";
-
-				trip1-temp = <75000>;
-				trip1-type = "active";
-				trip1-cdev-num = <1>;
-				trip1-cdev-name0 = "thermal-cpufreq-0";
-
-				trip2-temp = <80000>;
-				trip2-type = "active";
-				trip2-cdev-num = <1>;
-				trip2-cdev-name0 = "thermal-cpufreq-0";
-
-				trip3-temp = <85000>;
-				trip3-type = "critical";
-				trip3-cdev-num = <0>;
+				#thermal-sensor-cells = <0>;
 			};
 
 			db8500-prcmu-regulators {