diff --git a/drivers/thermal/msm-tsens.c b/drivers/thermal/msm-tsens.c
index 932c18fd4464..8bb109fb3226 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/msm-tsens.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/msm-tsens.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static int get_device_tree_data(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	tmdev->ops = data->ops;
 	tmdev->ctrl_data = data;
 	tmdev->pdev = pdev;
+	tmdev->dev = &pdev->dev;
 
 	if (!tmdev->ops || !tmdev->ops->hw_init || !tmdev->ops->get_temp) {
 		pr_err("Invalid ops\n");