diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
index eeef0e2498ca..fdb07199d9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hwmon->tz_list);
 	strlcpy(hwmon->type, tz->type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH);
-	hwmon->device = hwmon_device_register(&tz->device);
+	hwmon->device = hwmon_device_register(NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(hwmon->device)) {
 		result = PTR_ERR(hwmon->device);
 		goto free_mem;