2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 4b628526df09..a86e952ed4ca 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ menuconfig THERMAL
           cooling devices.
           All platforms with ACPI thermal support can use this driver.
           If you want this support, you should say Y or M here.
+
+config THERMAL_HWMON
+        bool "Hardware monitoring support"
+        depends on HWMON=y || HWMON=THERMAL
+        help
+          The generic thermal sysfs driver's hardware monitoring support
+          requires a 2.10.7/3.0.2 or later lm-sensors userspace.
+
+          Say Y if your user-space is new enough.
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
index 6098787341f3..fe07462d5947 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ thermal_cooling_device_trip_point_show(struct device *dev,
 
 /* Device management */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_HWMON) ||    \
-        (defined(CONFIG_HWMON_MODULE) && defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_MODULE))
+#if defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON)
+
 /* hwmon sys I/F */
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 static LIST_HEAD(thermal_hwmon_list);