return -ENOMEM;
        hwmon->dev = dev;
 
-       if (!therm || !therm->attr_get || !therm->attr_set)
-               return -ENODEV;
-
        hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&dev->pdev->dev);
        if (IS_ERR(hwmon_dev)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(hwmon_dev);
        if (ret)
                goto error;
 
-       /* if the card has a working thermal sensor */
-       if (nvkm_therm_temp_get(therm) >= 0) {
-               ret = sysfs_create_group(&hwmon_dev->kobj, &hwmon_temp_attrgroup);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto error;
-       }
-
-       /* if the card has a pwm fan */
-       /*XXX: incorrect, need better detection for this, some boards have
-        *     the gpio entries for pwm fan control even when there's no
-        *     actual fan connected to it... therm table? */
-       if (therm->fan_get && therm->fan_get(therm) >= 0) {
-               ret = sysfs_create_group(&hwmon_dev->kobj,
-                                        &hwmon_pwm_fan_attrgroup);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto error;
+       if (therm && therm->attr_get && therm->attr_set) {
+               /* if the card has a working thermal sensor */
+               if (nvkm_therm_temp_get(therm) >= 0) {
+                       ret = sysfs_create_group(&hwmon_dev->kobj, &hwmon_temp_attrgroup);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto error;
+               }
+
+               /* if the card has a pwm fan */
+               /*XXX: incorrect, need better detection for this, some boards have
+                *     the gpio entries for pwm fan control even when there's no
+                *     actual fan connected to it... therm table? */
+               if (therm->fan_get && therm->fan_get(therm) >= 0) {
+                       ret = sysfs_create_group(&hwmon_dev->kobj,
+                                                &hwmon_pwm_fan_attrgroup);
+                       if (ret)
+                               goto error;
+               }
        }
 
        /* if the card can read the fan rpm */
-       if (nvkm_therm_fan_sense(therm) >= 0) {
+       if (therm && nvkm_therm_fan_sense(therm) >= 0) {
                ret = sysfs_create_group(&hwmon_dev->kobj,
                                         &hwmon_fan_rpm_attrgroup);
                if (ret)