diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
index f00cd59f1d19..d78f4bebc718 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.c
@@ -1149,44 +1149,75 @@ static void occ_parse_poll_response(struct occ *occ)
 		sizeof(*header), size + sizeof(*header));
 }
 
-int occ_setup(struct occ *occ, const char *name)
+int occ_active(struct occ *occ, bool active)
+{
+	int rc = mutex_lock_interruptible(&occ->lock);
+
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	if (active) {
+		if (occ->active) {
+			rc = -EALREADY;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		occ->error_count = 0;
+		occ->last_safe = 0;
+
+		rc = occ_poll(occ);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			dev_err(occ->bus_dev,
+				"failed to get OCC poll response=%02x: %d\n",
+				occ->resp.return_status, rc);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		occ->active = true;
+		occ->next_update = jiffies + OCC_UPDATE_FREQUENCY;
+		occ_parse_poll_response(occ);
+
+		rc = occ_setup_sensor_attrs(occ);
+		if (rc) {
+			dev_err(occ->bus_dev,
+				"failed to setup sensor attrs: %d\n", rc);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		occ->hwmon = hwmon_device_register_with_groups(occ->bus_dev,
+							       "occ", occ,
+							       occ->groups);
+		if (IS_ERR(occ->hwmon)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(occ->hwmon);
+			occ->hwmon = NULL;
+			dev_err(occ->bus_dev,
+				"failed to register hwmon device: %d\n", rc);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (!occ->active) {
+			rc = -EALREADY;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		if (occ->hwmon)
+			hwmon_device_unregister(occ->hwmon);
+		occ->active = false;
+		occ->hwmon = NULL;
+	}
+
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&occ->lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int occ_setup(struct occ *occ)
 {
 	int rc;
 
 	mutex_init(&occ->lock);
 	occ->groups[0] = &occ->group;
 
-	/* no need to lock */
-	rc = occ_poll(occ);
-	if (rc == -ESHUTDOWN) {
-		dev_info(occ->bus_dev, "host is not ready\n");
-		return rc;
-	} else if (rc < 0) {
-		dev_err(occ->bus_dev,
-			"failed to get OCC poll response=%02x: %d\n",
-			occ->resp.return_status, rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	occ->next_update = jiffies + OCC_UPDATE_FREQUENCY;
-	occ_parse_poll_response(occ);
-
-	rc = occ_setup_sensor_attrs(occ);
-	if (rc) {
-		dev_err(occ->bus_dev, "failed to setup sensor attrs: %d\n",
-			rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	occ->hwmon = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(occ->bus_dev, name,
-							    occ, occ->groups);
-	if (IS_ERR(occ->hwmon)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(occ->hwmon);
-		dev_err(occ->bus_dev, "failed to register hwmon device: %d\n",
-			rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
 	rc = occ_setup_sysfs(occ);
 	if (rc)
 		dev_err(occ->bus_dev, "failed to setup sysfs: %d\n", rc);
@@ -1195,6 +1226,15 @@ int occ_setup(struct occ *occ, const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(occ_setup);
 
+void occ_shutdown(struct occ *occ)
+{
+	occ_shutdown_sysfs(occ);
+
+	if (occ->hwmon)
+		hwmon_device_unregister(occ->hwmon);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(occ_shutdown);
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Common OCC hwmon code");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
index 2dd4a4d240c0..64d5ec7e169b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct occ {
 	struct attribute_group group;
 	const struct attribute_group *groups[2];
 
+	bool active;
 	int error;                      /* final transfer error after retry */
 	int last_error;			/* latest transfer error */
 	unsigned int error_count;       /* number of xfr errors observed */
@@ -123,9 +124,11 @@ struct occ {
 	u8 prev_mode;
 };
 
-int occ_setup(struct occ *occ, const char *name);
+int occ_active(struct occ *occ, bool active);
+int occ_setup(struct occ *occ);
 int occ_setup_sysfs(struct occ *occ);
 void occ_shutdown(struct occ *occ);
+void occ_shutdown_sysfs(struct occ *occ);
 void occ_sysfs_poll_done(struct occ *occ);
 int occ_update_response(struct occ *occ);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/p8_i2c.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/p8_i2c.c
index 9e61e1fb5142..da39ea28df31 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/p8_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/p8_i2c.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int p8_i2c_occ_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	occ->poll_cmd_data = 0x10;		/* P8 OCC poll data */
 	occ->send_cmd = p8_i2c_occ_send_cmd;
 
-	return occ_setup(occ, "p8_occ");
+	return occ_setup(occ);
 }
 
 static int p8_i2c_occ_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/p9_sbe.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/p9_sbe.c
index 49b13cc01073..42fc7b97bb34 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/p9_sbe.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/p9_sbe.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int p9_sbe_occ_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	occ->poll_cmd_data = 0x20;		/* P9 OCC poll data */
 	occ->send_cmd = p9_sbe_occ_send_cmd;
 
-	rc = occ_setup(occ, "p9_occ");
+	rc = occ_setup(occ);
 	if (rc == -ESHUTDOWN)
 		rc = -ENODEV;	/* Host is shutdown, don't spew errors */
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/occ/sysfs.c b/drivers/hwmon/occ/sysfs.c
index b2f788a77746..2317301fc1e9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/sysfs.c
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 
 /* OCC status register */
 #define OCC_STAT_MASTER			BIT(7)
-#define OCC_STAT_ACTIVE			BIT(0)
 
 /* OCC extended status register */
 #define OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_OT		BIT(7)
@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@
 #define OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_VDD		BIT(3)
 #define OCC_EXT_STAT_GPU_THROTTLE	GENMASK(2, 0)
 
+static ssize_t occ_active_store(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *attr,
+				const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int rc;
+	bool active;
+	struct occ *occ = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	rc = kstrtobool(buf, &active);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	rc = occ_active(occ, active);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
 static ssize_t occ_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
 			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -31,54 +50,64 @@ static ssize_t occ_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct occ_poll_response_header *header;
 	struct sensor_device_attribute *sattr = to_sensor_dev_attr(attr);
 
-	rc = occ_update_response(occ);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+	if (occ->active) {
+		rc = occ_update_response(occ);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
 
-	header = (struct occ_poll_response_header *)occ->resp.data;
+		header = (struct occ_poll_response_header *)occ->resp.data;
 
-	switch (sattr->index) {
-	case 0:
-		val = !!(header->status & OCC_STAT_MASTER);
-		break;
-	case 1:
-		val = !!(header->status & OCC_STAT_ACTIVE);
-		break;
-	case 2:
-		val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_OT);
-		break;
-	case 3:
-		val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_POWER);
-		break;
-	case 4:
-		val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_MEM_THROTTLE);
-		break;
-	case 5:
-		val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_QUICK_DROP);
-		break;
-	case 6:
-		val = header->occ_state;
-		break;
-	case 7:
-		if (header->status & OCC_STAT_MASTER)
-			val = hweight8(header->occs_present);
-		else
+		switch (sattr->index) {
+		case 0:
+			val = !!(header->status & OCC_STAT_MASTER);
+			break;
+		case 1:
 			val = 1;
-		break;
-	case 8:
-		val = header->ips_status;
-		break;
-	case 9:
-		val = header->mode;
-		break;
-	case 10:
-		val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_VDD);
-		break;
-	case 11:
-		val = header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_GPU_THROTTLE;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_OT);
+			break;
+		case 3:
+			val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_POWER);
+			break;
+		case 4:
+			val = !!(header->ext_status &
+				 OCC_EXT_STAT_MEM_THROTTLE);
+			break;
+		case 5:
+			val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_QUICK_DROP);
+			break;
+		case 6:
+			val = header->occ_state;
+			break;
+		case 7:
+			if (header->status & OCC_STAT_MASTER)
+				val = hweight8(header->occs_present);
+			else
+				val = 1;
+			break;
+		case 8:
+			val = header->ips_status;
+			break;
+		case 9:
+			val = header->mode;
+			break;
+		case 10:
+			val = !!(header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_VDD);
+			break;
+		case 11:
+			val = header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_GPU_THROTTLE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (sattr->index == 1)
+			val = 0;
+		else if (sattr->index <= 11)
+			val = -ENODATA;
+		else
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", val);
@@ -95,7 +124,8 @@ static ssize_t occ_error_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_master, 0444, occ_sysfs_show, NULL, 0);
-static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_active, 0444, occ_sysfs_show, NULL, 1);
+static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_active, 0644, occ_sysfs_show, occ_active_store,
+			  1);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_dvfs_overtemp, 0444, occ_sysfs_show, NULL, 2);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_dvfs_power, 0444, occ_sysfs_show, NULL, 3);
 static SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR(occ_mem_throttle, 0444, occ_sysfs_show, NULL, 4);
@@ -139,7 +169,7 @@ void occ_sysfs_poll_done(struct occ *occ)
 	 * On the first poll response, we haven't yet created the sysfs
 	 * attributes, so don't make any notify calls.
 	 */
-	if (!occ->hwmon)
+	if (!occ->active)
 		goto done;
 
 	if ((header->status & OCC_STAT_MASTER) !=
@@ -148,12 +178,6 @@ void occ_sysfs_poll_done(struct occ *occ)
 		sysfs_notify(&occ->bus_dev->kobj, NULL, name);
 	}
 
-	if ((header->status & OCC_STAT_ACTIVE) !=
-	    (occ->prev_stat & OCC_STAT_ACTIVE)) {
-		name = sensor_dev_attr_occ_active.dev_attr.attr.name;
-		sysfs_notify(&occ->bus_dev->kobj, NULL, name);
-	}
-
 	if ((header->ext_status & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_OT) !=
 	    (occ->prev_ext_stat & OCC_EXT_STAT_DVFS_OT)) {
 		name = sensor_dev_attr_occ_dvfs_overtemp.dev_attr.attr.name;
@@ -227,8 +251,7 @@ int occ_setup_sysfs(struct occ *occ)
 	return sysfs_create_group(&occ->bus_dev->kobj, &occ_sysfs);
 }
 
-void occ_shutdown(struct occ *occ)
+void occ_shutdown_sysfs(struct occ *occ)
 {
 	sysfs_remove_group(&occ->bus_dev->kobj, &occ_sysfs);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(occ_shutdown);