int cxgb4_thermal_init(struct adapter *adap)
 {
        struct ch_thermal *ch_thermal = &adap->ch_thermal;
+       char ch_tz_name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
        int num_trip = CXGB4_NUM_TRIPS;
        u32 param, val;
        int ret;
                ch_thermal->trip_type = THERMAL_TRIP_CRITICAL;
        }
 
-       ch_thermal->tzdev = thermal_zone_device_register("cxgb4", num_trip,
+       snprintf(ch_tz_name, sizeof(ch_tz_name), "cxgb4_%s", adap->name);
+       ch_thermal->tzdev = thermal_zone_device_register(ch_tz_name, num_trip,
                                                         0, adap,
                                                         &cxgb4_thermal_ops,
                                                         NULL, 0, 0);
 
 int cxgb4_thermal_remove(struct adapter *adap)
 {
-       if (adap->ch_thermal.tzdev)
+       if (adap->ch_thermal.tzdev) {
                thermal_zone_device_unregister(adap->ch_thermal.tzdev);
+               adap->ch_thermal.tzdev = NULL;
+       }
        return 0;
 }