diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 6a30fb453f7a..e9bc33c18a33 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ struct hwmon_device {
 	const char *name;
 	struct device dev;
 	const struct hwmon_chip_info *chip;
-
+	struct list_head tzdata;
 	struct attribute_group group;
 	const struct attribute_group **groups;
 };
@@ -55,12 +56,12 @@ struct hwmon_device_attribute {
 
 /*
  * Thermal zone information
- * In addition to the reference to the hwmon device,
- * also provides the sensor index.
  */
 struct hwmon_thermal_data {
+	struct list_head node;		/* hwmon tzdata list entry */
 	struct device *dev;		/* Reference to hwmon device */
 	int index;			/* sensor index */
+	struct thermal_zone_device *tzd;/* thermal zone device */
 };
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -156,10 +157,17 @@ static const struct thermal_zone_of_device_ops hwmon_thermal_ops = {
 	.get_temp = hwmon_thermal_get_temp,
 };
 
+static void hwmon_thermal_remove_sensor(void *data)
+{
+	list_del(data);
+}
+
 static int hwmon_thermal_add_sensor(struct device *dev, int index)
 {
+	struct hwmon_device *hwdev = to_hwmon_device(dev);
 	struct hwmon_thermal_data *tdata;
 	struct thermal_zone_device *tzd;
+	int err;
 
 	tdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*tdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tdata)
@@ -177,13 +185,37 @@ static int hwmon_thermal_add_sensor(struct device *dev, int index)
 	if (IS_ERR(tzd) && (PTR_ERR(tzd) != -ENODEV))
 		return PTR_ERR(tzd);
 
+	err = devm_add_action(dev, hwmon_thermal_remove_sensor, &tdata->node);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	tdata->tzd = tzd;
+	list_add(&tdata->node, &hwdev->tzdata);
+
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static void hwmon_thermal_notify(struct device *dev, int index)
+{
+	struct hwmon_device *hwdev = to_hwmon_device(dev);
+	struct hwmon_thermal_data *tzdata;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(tzdata, &hwdev->tzdata, node) {
+		if (tzdata->index == index) {
+			thermal_zone_device_update(tzdata->tzd,
+						   THERMAL_EVENT_UNSPECIFIED);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #else
 static int hwmon_thermal_add_sensor(struct device *dev, int index)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static void hwmon_thermal_notify(struct device *dev, int index) { }
+
 #endif /* IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_THERMAL) && ... */
 
 static int hwmon_attr_base(enum hwmon_sensor_types type)
@@ -511,6 +543,35 @@ static const int __templates_size[] = {
 	[hwmon_intrusion] = ARRAY_SIZE(hwmon_intrusion_attr_templates),
 };
 
+int hwmon_notify_event(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+		       u32 attr, int channel)
+{
+	char sattr[MAX_SYSFS_ATTR_NAME_LENGTH];
+	const char * const *templates;
+	const char *template;
+	int base;
+
+	if (type >= ARRAY_SIZE(__templates))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (attr >= __templates_size[type])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	templates = __templates[type];
+	template = templates[attr];
+
+	base = hwmon_attr_base(type);
+
+	scnprintf(sattr, MAX_SYSFS_ATTR_NAME_LENGTH, template, base + channel);
+	sysfs_notify(&dev->kobj, NULL, sattr);
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+
+	if (type == hwmon_temp)
+		hwmon_thermal_notify(dev, channel);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_notify_event);
+
 static int hwmon_num_channel_attrs(const struct hwmon_channel_info *info)
 {
 	int i, n;
@@ -661,6 +722,8 @@ __hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata,
 	if (err)
 		goto free_hwmon;
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hwdev->tzdata);
+
 	if (dev && dev->of_node && chip && chip->ops->read &&
 	    chip->info[0]->type == hwmon_chip &&
 	    (chip->info[0]->config[0] & HWMON_C_REGISTER_TZ)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h
index 5e609f25878c..363d4a814aa1 100644
--- a/include/linux/hwmon.h
+++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev,
 void hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
 void devm_hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
 
+int hwmon_notify_event(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
+		       u32 attr, int channel);
+
 /**
  * hwmon_is_bad_char - Is the char invalid in a hwmon name
  * @ch: the char to be considered
