diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
index 0b1c82ad6805d2e0088840c4d2d17cff7e5dd109..b6353d61fac5944bc25cb4044c183fbab80027c7 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
@@ -469,22 +469,35 @@ temp_crit_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 
-static int
-thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
+static struct thermal_hwmon_device *
+thermal_hwmon_lookup_by_type(const struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 {
 	struct thermal_hwmon_device *hwmon;
-	int new_hwmon_device = 1;
-	int result;
 
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(hwmon, &thermal_hwmon_list, node)
 		if (!strcmp(hwmon->type, tz->type)) {
-			new_hwmon_device = 0;
 			mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
-			goto register_sys_interface;
+			return hwmon;
 		}
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
+{
+	struct thermal_hwmon_device *hwmon;
+	int new_hwmon_device = 1;
+	int result;
+
+	hwmon = thermal_hwmon_lookup_by_type(tz);
+	if (hwmon) {
+		new_hwmon_device = 0;
+		goto register_sys_interface;
+	}
+
 	hwmon = kzalloc(sizeof(struct thermal_hwmon_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hwmon)
 		return -ENOMEM;