diff --git a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
index 87b9cfe28eb8..d3ac117e2ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
@@ -36,21 +36,6 @@
 
 /***   Private data structures to represent thermal device tree data ***/
 
-/**
- * struct __thermal_trip - representation of a point in temperature domain
- * @np: pointer to struct device_node that this trip point was created from
- * @temperature: temperature value in miliCelsius
- * @hysteresis: relative hysteresis in miliCelsius
- * @type: trip point type
- */
-
-struct __thermal_trip {
-	struct device_node *np;
-	unsigned long int temperature;
-	unsigned long int hysteresis;
-	enum thermal_trip_type type;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct __thermal_bind_param - a match between trip and cooling device
  * @cooling_device: a pointer to identify the referred cooling device
@@ -88,7 +73,7 @@ struct __thermal_zone {
 
 	/* trip data */
 	int ntrips;
-	struct __thermal_trip *trips;
+	struct thermal_trip *trips;
 
 	/* cooling binding data */
 	int num_tbps;
@@ -538,7 +523,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(thermal_zone_of_sensor_unregister);
  */
 static int thermal_of_populate_bind_params(struct device_node *np,
 					   struct __thermal_bind_params *__tbp,
-					   struct __thermal_trip *trips,
+					   struct thermal_trip *trips,
 					   int ntrips)
 {
 	struct of_phandle_args cooling_spec;
@@ -641,7 +626,7 @@ static int thermal_of_get_trip_type(struct device_node *np,
  * Return: 0 on success, proper error code otherwise
  */
 static int thermal_of_populate_trip(struct device_node *np,
-				    struct __thermal_trip *trip)
+				    struct thermal_trip *trip)
 {
 	int prop;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 5bc28a70014e..b8d91efa854e 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -303,6 +303,21 @@ struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops {
 	int (*get_trend)(void *, long *);
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct thermal_trip - representation of a point in temperature domain
+ * @np: pointer to struct device_node that this trip point was created from
+ * @temperature: temperature value in miliCelsius
+ * @hysteresis: relative hysteresis in miliCelsius
+ * @type: trip point type
+ */
+
+struct thermal_trip {
+	struct device_node *np;
+	unsigned long int temperature;
+	unsigned long int hysteresis;
+	enum thermal_trip_type type;
+};
+
 /* Function declarations */
 #ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_OF
 struct thermal_zone_device *