diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_thermal.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_thermal.c
index 7ec1d0ee9bee..ecd1856bef5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_thermal.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int mlxsw_get_cooling_device_idx(struct mlxsw_thermal *thermal,
 	/* Allow mlxsw thermal zone binding to an external cooling device */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mlxsw_thermal_external_allowed_cdev); i++) {
 		if (strnstr(cdev->type, mlxsw_thermal_external_allowed_cdev[i],
-			    sizeof(cdev->type)))
+			    strlen(cdev->type)))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index d9e34ac37662..1abef64ccb5f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1092,10 +1092,7 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 {
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
 	struct thermal_zone_device *pos = NULL;
-	int result;
-
-	if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!ops || !ops->get_max_state || !ops->get_cur_state ||
 	    !ops->set_cur_state)
@@ -1105,14 +1102,17 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	if (!cdev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	result = ida_simple_get(&thermal_cdev_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		kfree(cdev);
-		return ERR_PTR(result);
+	ret = ida_simple_get(&thermal_cdev_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_kfree_cdev;
+	cdev->id = ret;
+
+	cdev->type = kstrdup(type ? type : "", GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cdev->type) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_ida_remove;
 	}
 
-	cdev->id = result;
-	strlcpy(cdev->type, type ? : "", sizeof(cdev->type));
 	mutex_init(&cdev->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances);
 	cdev->np = np;
@@ -1122,12 +1122,9 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	cdev->devdata = devdata;
 	thermal_cooling_device_setup_sysfs(cdev);
 	dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
-	result = device_register(&cdev->device);
-	if (result) {
-		ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
-		put_device(&cdev->device);
-		return ERR_PTR(result);
-	}
+	ret = device_register(&cdev->device);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_kfree_type;
 
 	/* Add 'this' new cdev to the global cdev list */
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
@@ -1145,6 +1142,14 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
 	return cdev;
+
+out_kfree_type:
+	kfree(cdev->type);
+	put_device(&cdev->device);
+out_ida_remove:
+	ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
+out_kfree_cdev:
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1303,6 +1308,7 @@ void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 	ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, cdev->id);
 	device_del(&cdev->device);
 	thermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs(cdev);
+	kfree(cdev->type);
 	put_device(&cdev->device);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_cooling_device_unregister);
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 176d9454e8f3..7097d4dcfdd0 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct thermal_cooling_device_ops {
 
 struct thermal_cooling_device {
 	int id;
-	char type[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
+	char *type;
 	struct device device;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	void *devdata;