diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
index 38b477b5fbf9..4df3c48adcec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config DRM_ETNAVIV
 	depends on MMU
 	select SHMEM
 	select SYNC_FILE
+	select THERMAL if DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL
 	select TMPFS
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select IOMMU_SUPPORT
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ config DRM_ETNAVIV
 	help
 	  DRM driver for Vivante GPUs.
 
+config DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL
+	bool "enable ETNAVIV thermal throttling"
+	depends on DRM_ETNAVIV
+	default y
+	help
+	  Compile in support for thermal throttling.
+	  Say Y unless you want to risk burning your SoC.
+
 config DRM_ETNAVIV_REGISTER_LOGGING
 	bool "enable ETNAVIV register logging"
 	depends on DRM_ETNAVIV
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index fc9a6a83dfc7..a1562f89c3d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static int etnaviv_gpu_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THERMAL)) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL)) {
 		gpu->cooling = thermal_of_cooling_device_register(dev->of_node,
 				(char *)dev_name(dev), gpu, &cooling_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(gpu->cooling))
@@ -1635,7 +1635,8 @@ static int etnaviv_gpu_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	ret = etnaviv_gpu_clk_enable(gpu);
 #endif
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		thermal_cooling_device_unregister(gpu->cooling);
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL))
+			thermal_cooling_device_unregister(gpu->cooling);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -1692,7 +1693,8 @@ static void etnaviv_gpu_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	gpu->drm = NULL;
 
-	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(gpu->cooling);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_ETNAVIV_THERMAL))
+		thermal_cooling_device_unregister(gpu->cooling);
 	gpu->cooling = NULL;
 }