diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index 1e34f846508f..2457ade3f82d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ config ACPI_DOCK
 
 config ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS
 	bool
-	select THERMAL
 
 config ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE
 	def_bool y
@@ -287,6 +286,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCESSOR
 	depends on X86 || IA64 || ARM64 || LOONGARCH
 	select ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
 	select ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS if X86 || IA64 || LOONGARCH
+	select THERMAL
 	default y
 	help
 	  This driver adds support for the ACPI Processor package. It is required
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
index b5a8d3e00a52..0002eecbf870 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PPTT) 	+= pptt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PFRUT)	+= pfr_update.o pfr_telemetry.o
 
 # processor has its own "processor." module_param namespace
-processor-y			:= processor_driver.o
+processor-y			:= processor_driver.o processor_thermal.o
 processor-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE) += processor_idle.o
-processor-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS)	+= processor_throttling.o	\
-	processor_thermal.o
+processor-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS)	+= processor_throttling.o
 processor-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)	+= processor_perflib.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR) += acpi_pad.o
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 368a9edefd0c..1278969eec1f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -139,75 +139,17 @@ static int acpi_soft_cpu_dead(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS
-static int acpi_pss_perf_init(struct acpi_processor *pr,
-		struct acpi_device *device)
+static void acpi_pss_perf_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
-	int result = 0;
-
 	acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
 
 	acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(pr);
 
 	if (pr->flags.throttling)
 		pr->flags.limit = 1;
-
-	pr->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("Processor", device,
-						   &processor_cooling_ops);
-	if (IS_ERR(pr->cdev)) {
-		result = PTR_ERR(pr->cdev);
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	dev_dbg(&device->dev, "registered as cooling_device%d\n",
-		pr->cdev->id);
-
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj,
-				   &pr->cdev->device.kobj,
-				   "thermal_cooling");
-	if (result) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev,
-			"Failed to create sysfs link 'thermal_cooling'\n");
-		goto err_thermal_unregister;
-	}
-
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj,
-				   &device->dev.kobj,
-				   "device");
-	if (result) {
-		dev_err(&pr->cdev->device,
-			"Failed to create sysfs link 'device'\n");
-		goto err_remove_sysfs_thermal;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
- err_remove_sysfs_thermal:
-	sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
- err_thermal_unregister:
-	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-static void acpi_pss_perf_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr,
-		struct acpi_device *device)
-{
-	if (pr->cdev) {
-		sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
-		sysfs_remove_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj, "device");
-		thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
-		pr->cdev = NULL;
-	}
 }
 #else
-static inline int acpi_pss_perf_init(struct acpi_processor *pr,
-		struct acpi_device *device)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void acpi_pss_perf_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr,
-		struct acpi_device *device) {}
+static inline void acpi_pss_perf_init(struct acpi_processor *pr) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS */
 
 static int __acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
@@ -229,7 +171,9 @@ static int __acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (!cpuidle_get_driver() || cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver)
 		acpi_processor_power_init(pr);
 
-	result = acpi_pss_perf_init(pr, device);
+	acpi_pss_perf_init(pr);
+
+	result = acpi_processor_thermal_init(pr, device);
 	if (result)
 		goto err_power_exit;
 
@@ -239,7 +183,7 @@ static int __acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 		return 0;
 
 	result = -ENODEV;
-	acpi_pss_perf_exit(pr, device);
+	acpi_processor_thermal_exit(pr, device);
 
 err_power_exit:
 	acpi_processor_power_exit(pr);
@@ -277,10 +221,10 @@ static int acpi_processor_stop(struct device *dev)
 		return 0;
 	acpi_processor_power_exit(pr);
 
-	acpi_pss_perf_exit(pr, device);
-
 	acpi_cppc_processor_exit(pr);
 
+	acpi_processor_thermal_exit(pr, device);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
index d8b2dfcd59b5..db6ac540e924 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
@@ -266,3 +266,57 @@ const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops processor_cooling_ops = {
 	.get_cur_state = processor_get_cur_state,
 	.set_cur_state = processor_set_cur_state,
 };
+
+int acpi_processor_thermal_init(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+				struct acpi_device *device)
+{
+	int result = 0;
+
+	pr->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("Processor", device,
+						   &processor_cooling_ops);
+	if (IS_ERR(pr->cdev)) {
+		result = PTR_ERR(pr->cdev);
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	dev_dbg(&device->dev, "registered as cooling_device%d\n",
+		pr->cdev->id);
+
+	result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj,
+				   &pr->cdev->device.kobj,
+				   "thermal_cooling");
+	if (result) {
+		dev_err(&device->dev,
+			"Failed to create sysfs link 'thermal_cooling'\n");
+		goto err_thermal_unregister;
+	}
+
+	result = sysfs_create_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj,
+				   &device->dev.kobj,
+				   "device");
+	if (result) {
+		dev_err(&pr->cdev->device,
+			"Failed to create sysfs link 'device'\n");
+		goto err_remove_sysfs_thermal;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_remove_sysfs_thermal:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
+err_thermal_unregister:
+	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+void acpi_processor_thermal_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+				 struct acpi_device *device)
+{
+	if (pr->cdev) {
+		sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
+		sysfs_remove_link(&pr->cdev->device.kobj, "device");
+		thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
+		pr->cdev = NULL;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
index 194027371928..ba1e3ed98d3d 100644
--- a/include/acpi/processor.h
+++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
@@ -442,8 +442,12 @@ static inline int acpi_processor_hotplug(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 /* in processor_thermal.c */
 int acpi_processor_get_limit_info(struct acpi_processor *pr);
+int acpi_processor_thermal_init(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+				struct acpi_device *device);
+void acpi_processor_thermal_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+				 struct acpi_device *device);
 extern const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops processor_cooling_ops;
-#if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS) & defined(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
 void acpi_thermal_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 void acpi_thermal_cpufreq_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 #else
@@ -455,6 +459,6 @@ static inline void acpi_thermal_cpufreq_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	return;
 }
-#endif	/* CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS */
+#endif	/* CONFIG_CPU_FREQ */
 
 #endif