diff --git a/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/Makefile b/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/Makefile
index 091c4d20b14d..fbd14d1365db 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_BANDGAP)	+= omap-thermal.o
 omap-thermal-y			:= omap-bandgap.o
 omap-thermal-$(CONFIG_OMAP_THERMAL)	+= omap-thermal-common.o
-omap-thermal-$(CONFIG_OMAP4_THERMAL)	+= omap4-thermal.o
-omap-thermal-$(CONFIG_OMAP5_THERMAL)	+= omap5-thermal.o
+omap-thermal-$(CONFIG_OMAP4_THERMAL)	+= omap4-thermal-data.o
+omap-thermal-$(CONFIG_OMAP5_THERMAL)	+= omap5-thermal-data.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap4-thermal.c b/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap4-thermal-data.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap4-thermal.c
rename to drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap4-thermal-data.c
diff --git a/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap5-thermal.c b/drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap5-thermal-data.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap5-thermal.c
rename to drivers/staging/omap-thermal/omap5-thermal-data.c