diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 4b62852..a86e952 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@
 	  cooling devices.
 	  All platforms with ACPI thermal support can use this driver.
 	  If you want this support, you should say Y or M here.
+
+config THERMAL_HWMON
+	bool "Hardware monitoring support"
+	depends on HWMON=y || HWMON=THERMAL
+	help
+	  The generic thermal sysfs driver's hardware monitoring support
+	  requires a 2.10.7/3.0.2 or later lm-sensors userspace.
+
+	  Say Y if your user-space is new enough.
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
index 6098787..fe07462 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
 
 /* Device management */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_HWMON) ||	\
-	(defined(CONFIG_HWMON_MODULE) && defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_MODULE))
+#if defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON)
+
 /* hwmon sys I/F */
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 static LIST_HEAD(thermal_hwmon_list);