diff --git a/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c b/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
index 0c8914017c18..430c4b43151f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "ti-bandgap.h"
 #include "../thermal_hwmon.h"
 
+#define TI_BANDGAP_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS 250
+
 /* common data structures */
 struct ti_thermal_data {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
@@ -159,7 +161,6 @@ int ti_thermal_expose_sensor(struct ti_bandgap *bgp, int id,
 			     char *domain)
 {
 	struct ti_thermal_data *data;
-	int interval;
 
 	data = ti_bandgap_get_sensor_data(bgp, id);
 
@@ -177,10 +178,9 @@ int ti_thermal_expose_sensor(struct ti_bandgap *bgp, int id,
 		return PTR_ERR(data->ti_thermal);
 	}
 
-	interval = jiffies_to_msecs(data->ti_thermal->polling_delay_jiffies);
-
 	ti_bandgap_set_sensor_data(bgp, id, data);
-	ti_bandgap_write_update_interval(bgp, data->sensor_id, interval);
+	ti_bandgap_write_update_interval(bgp, data->sensor_id,
+					 TI_BANDGAP_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
 
 	if (devm_thermal_add_hwmon_sysfs(bgp->dev, data->ti_thermal))
 		dev_warn(bgp->dev, "failed to add hwmon sysfs attributes\n");