diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
index b61e46f449aa1e0bf376de21ddf2eec55c196a39..1733ab947a95d3849ff650e7252cfb1d0cb99d11 100644
--- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ method, the sys I/F structure will be built like this:
 The framework includes a simple notification mechanism, in the form of a
 netlink event. Netlink socket initialization is done during the _init_
 of the framework. Drivers which intend to use the notification mechanism
-just need to call generate_netlink_event() with two arguments viz
+just need to call thermal_generate_netlink_event() with two arguments viz
 (originator, event). Typically the originator will be an integer assigned
 to a thermal_zone_device when it registers itself with the framework. The
 event will be one of:{THERMAL_AUX0, THERMAL_AUX1, THERMAL_CRITICAL,
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
index dd9a5743fa991f3fb789d2e17d12563deaead0cd..220ce7e31cf50faa89fd35a46946111b523da0d5 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ static struct genl_multicast_group thermal_event_mcgrp = {
 	.name = THERMAL_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME,
 };
 
-int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
+int thermal_generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct nlattr *attr;
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
 
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_netlink_event);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(thermal_generate_netlink_event);
 
 static int genetlink_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 47b4a27e6e97c27f1d2bd6cfab895f4e36adb37c..796f1ff0388c979138b81b7094bb6feda5bfd212 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *, void *,
 void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
-extern int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);
+extern int thermal_generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);
 #else
-static inline int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
+static inline int thermal_generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
 {
 	return 0;
 }