diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 5915ccfdb7d9..13053a4edc9e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -916,6 +916,31 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_register_with_info);
 
+/**
+ * hwmon_device_register_for_thermal - register hwmon device for thermal subsystem
+ * @dev: the parent device
+ * @name: hwmon name attribute
+ * @drvdata: driver data to attach to created device
+ *
+ * The use of this function is restricted. It is provided for legacy reasons
+ * and must only be called from the thermal subsystem.
+ *
+ * hwmon_device_unregister() must be called when the device is no
+ * longer needed.
+ *
+ * Returns the pointer to the new device.
+ */
+struct device *
+hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				  void *drvdata)
+{
+	if (!name || !dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return __hwmon_device_register(dev, name, drvdata, NULL, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(hwmon_device_register_for_thermal, HWMON_THERMAL);
+
 /**
  * hwmon_device_register - register w/ hwmon
  * @dev: the device to register
diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h
index 4efaf06fd2b8..14325f93c6b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/hwmon.h
+++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev,
 				const struct hwmon_chip_info *info,
 				const struct attribute_group **extra_groups);
 struct device *
+hwmon_device_register_for_thermal(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+				  void *drvdata);
+struct device *
 devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev,
 				const char *name, void *drvdata,
 				const struct hwmon_chip_info *info,