diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 534766cecc152..d20636223f198 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -323,11 +323,15 @@ static void thermal_zone_broken_disable(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 static void thermal_zone_device_set_polling(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 					    unsigned long delay)
 {
-	if (delay)
-		mod_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
-				 &tz->poll_queue, delay);
-	else
+	if (!delay) {
 		cancel_delayed_work(&tz->poll_queue);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (delay > HZ)
+		delay = round_jiffies_relative(delay);
+
+	mod_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq, &tz->poll_queue, delay);
 }
 
 static void thermal_zone_recheck(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int error)
@@ -1326,13 +1330,6 @@ void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_cooling_device_unregister);
 
-static void thermal_set_delay_jiffies(unsigned long *delay_jiffies, int delay_ms)
-{
-	*delay_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(delay_ms);
-	if (delay_ms > 1000)
-		*delay_jiffies = round_jiffies(*delay_jiffies);
-}
-
 int thermal_zone_get_crit_temp(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int *temp)
 {
 	const struct thermal_trip_desc *td;
@@ -1479,8 +1476,8 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
 		td->threshold = INT_MAX;
 	}
 
-	thermal_set_delay_jiffies(&tz->passive_delay_jiffies, passive_delay);
-	thermal_set_delay_jiffies(&tz->polling_delay_jiffies, polling_delay);
+	tz->polling_delay_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(polling_delay);
+	tz->passive_delay_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(passive_delay);
 	tz->recheck_delay_jiffies = THERMAL_RECHECK_DELAY;
 
 	/* sys I/F */