diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
index c94bf2e..78de794 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
@@ -415,18 +415,21 @@
 };
 
 /**
- * cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * __cpufreq_cooling_register - helper function to create cpufreq cooling device
+ * @np: a valid struct device_node to the cooling device device tree node
  * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
  *
  * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
  * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
- * cooling devices.
+ * cooling devices. It also gives the opportunity to link the cooling device
+ * with a device tree node, in order to bind it via the thermal DT code.
  *
  * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
  * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
  */
-struct thermal_cooling_device *
-cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+static struct thermal_cooling_device *
+__cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			   const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
 {
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cool_dev;
 	struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_dev = NULL;
@@ -465,9 +468,9 @@
 	snprintf(dev_name, sizeof(dev_name), "thermal-cpufreq-%d",
 		 cpufreq_dev->id);
 
-	cool_dev = thermal_cooling_device_register(dev_name, cpufreq_dev,
-						   &cpufreq_cooling_ops);
-	if (!cool_dev) {
+	cool_dev = thermal_of_cooling_device_register(np, dev_name, cpufreq_dev,
+						      &cpufreq_cooling_ops);
+	if (IS_ERR(cool_dev)) {
 		release_idr(&cpufreq_idr, cpufreq_dev->id);
 		kfree(cpufreq_dev);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -486,9 +489,50 @@
 
 	return cool_dev;
 }
+
+/**
+ * cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
+ *
+ * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
+ * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
+ * cooling devices.
+ *
+ * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
+ * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
+ */
+struct thermal_cooling_device *
+cpufreq_cooling_register(const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	return __cpufreq_cooling_register(NULL, clip_cpus);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cooling_register);
 
 /**
+ * of_cpufreq_cooling_register - function to create cpufreq cooling device.
+ * @np: a valid struct device_node to the cooling device device tree node
+ * @clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen.
+ *
+ * This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name
+ * "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq
+ * cooling devices. Using this API, the cpufreq cooling device will be
+ * linked to the device tree node provided.
+ *
+ * Return: a valid struct thermal_cooling_device pointer on success,
+ * on failure, it returns a corresponding ERR_PTR().
+ */
+struct thermal_cooling_device *
+of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
+			    const struct cpumask *clip_cpus)
+{
+	if (!np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return __cpufreq_cooling_register(np, clip_cpus);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_cpufreq_cooling_register);
+
+/**
  * cpufreq_cooling_unregister - function to remove cpufreq cooling device.
  * @cdev: thermal cooling device pointer.
  *