diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c b/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
index 777439f48c147..c8a15971d7048 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pwm-fan.c
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ static int pwm_fan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			return ret;
 		}
 		ctx->cdev = cdev;
-		thermal_cdev_update(cdev);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/khadas_mcu_fan.c b/drivers/thermal/khadas_mcu_fan.c
index 9eadd2d6413e4..d35e5313bea41 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/khadas_mcu_fan.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/khadas_mcu_fan.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ static int khadas_mcu_fan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 	ctx->cdev = cdev;
-	thermal_cdev_update(cdev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
index 90f9a80c8b238..86b8cef7310ea 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static inline bool cdev_is_power_actor(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 		cdev->ops->power2state;
 }
 
+void thermal_cdev_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
+
 /**
  * struct thermal_trip - representation of a point in temperature domain
  * @np: pointer to struct device_node that this trip point was created from
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 1e686404951b9..6ac7bb1d2b1fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ int thermal_zone_get_temp(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int *temp);
 int thermal_zone_get_slope(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
 int thermal_zone_get_offset(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
 
-void thermal_cdev_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
 void thermal_notify_framework(struct thermal_zone_device *, int);
 int thermal_zone_device_enable(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
 int thermal_zone_device_disable(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
@@ -437,8 +436,6 @@ static inline int thermal_zone_get_offset(
 		struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 { return -ENODEV; }
 
-static inline void thermal_cdev_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
-{ }
 static inline void thermal_notify_framework(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	int trip)
 { }