diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
index bc4b50fce70c..aa34b6e82e26 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
@@ -227,14 +227,18 @@ static int thermal_of_monitor_init(struct device_node *np, int *delay, int *pdel
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "polling-delay-passive", pdelay);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_err("%pOFn: missing polling-delay-passive property\n", np);
+	if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+		*pdelay = 0;
+	} else if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("%pOFn: Couldn't get polling-delay-passive: %d\n", np, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "polling-delay", delay);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_err("%pOFn: missing polling-delay property\n", np);
+	if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+		*delay = 0;
+	} else if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_err("%pOFn: Couldn't get polling-delay: %d\n", np, ret);
 		return ret;
 	}