diff --git a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
index c5547bd711db..e473548b5d28 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
@@ -471,8 +471,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, of_imx_thermal_match);
 
 static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
-		of_match_device(of_imx_thermal_match, &pdev->dev);
 	struct imx_thermal_data *data;
 	struct regmap *map;
 	int measure_freq;
@@ -490,7 +488,7 @@ static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	data->tempmon = map;
 
-	data->socdata = of_id->data;
+	data->socdata = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
 
 	/* make sure the IRQ flag is clear before enabling irq on i.MX6SX */
 	if (data->socdata->version == TEMPMON_IMX6SX) {