diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
index 6c0e1b053126..74340b2b0da7 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/thermal.h>
+#include "../../kernel/sched/sched.h"
 
 /*
  * Cooling state <-> CPUFreq frequency
@@ -38,16 +39,6 @@
  *	...
  */
 
-/**
- * struct time_in_idle - Idle time stats
- * @time: previous reading of the absolute time that this cpu was idle
- * @timestamp: wall time of the last invocation of get_cpu_idle_time_us()
- */
-struct time_in_idle {
-	u64 time;
-	u64 timestamp;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct cpufreq_cooling_device - data for cooling device with cpufreq
  * @id: unique integer value corresponding to each cpufreq_cooling_device
@@ -62,7 +53,6 @@ struct time_in_idle {
  *	registered cooling device.
  * @policy: cpufreq policy.
  * @node: list_head to link all cpufreq_cooling_device together.
- * @idle_time: idle time stats
  * @qos_req: PM QoS contraint to apply
  *
  * This structure is required for keeping information of each registered
@@ -76,7 +66,6 @@ struct cpufreq_cooling_device {
 	struct em_perf_domain *em;
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	struct list_head node;
-	struct time_in_idle *idle_time;
 	struct freq_qos_request qos_req;
 };
 
@@ -132,34 +121,21 @@ static u32 cpu_power_to_freq(struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_cdev,
 }
 
 /**
- * get_load() - get load for a cpu since last updated
+ * get_load() - get current load for a cpu
  * @cpufreq_cdev:	&struct cpufreq_cooling_device for this cpu
  * @cpu:	cpu number
- * @cpu_idx:	index of the cpu in time_in_idle*
+ * @cpu_idx:	index of the cpu
  *
- * Return: The average load of cpu @cpu in percentage since this
- * function was last called.
+ * Return: The current load of cpu @cpu in percentage.
  */
 static u32 get_load(struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_cdev, int cpu,
 		    int cpu_idx)
 {
-	u32 load;
-	u64 now, now_idle, delta_time, delta_idle;
-	struct time_in_idle *idle_time = &cpufreq_cdev->idle_time[cpu_idx];
-
-	now_idle = get_cpu_idle_time(cpu, &now, 0);
-	delta_idle = now_idle - idle_time->time;
-	delta_time = now - idle_time->timestamp;
+	unsigned long util = cpu_util_cfs(cpu_rq(cpu));
+	unsigned long max = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu);
 
-	if (delta_time <= delta_idle)
-		load = 0;
-	else
-		load = div64_u64(100 * (delta_time - delta_idle), delta_time);
-
-	idle_time->time = now_idle;
-	idle_time->timestamp = now;
-
-	return load;
+	util = effective_cpu_util(cpu, util, max, ENERGY_UTIL, NULL);
+	return (util * 100) / max;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -192,13 +168,12 @@ static u32 get_dynamic_power(struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_cdev,
  * Instead, we calculate the current power on the assumption that the
  * immediate future will look like the immediate past.
  *
- * We use the current frequency and the average load since this
- * function was last called.  In reality, there could have been
- * multiple opps since this function was last called and that affects
- * the load calculation.  While it's not perfectly accurate, this
- * simplification is good enough and works.  REVISIT this, as more
- * complex code may be needed if experiments show that it's not
- * accurate enough.
+ * We use the current frequency and the current load.  In reality,
+ * there could have been multiple opps since this function was last
+ * called and that affects the load calculation.  While it's not
+ * perfectly accurate, this simplification is good enough and works.
+ * REVISIT this, as more complex code may be needed if experiments show
+ * that it's not accurate enough.
  *
  * Return: 0 on success, -E* if getting the static power failed.
  */
@@ -523,13 +498,6 @@ __cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
 
 	cpufreq_cdev->policy = policy;
 	num_cpus = cpumask_weight(policy->related_cpus);
-	cpufreq_cdev->idle_time = kcalloc(num_cpus,
-					 sizeof(*cpufreq_cdev->idle_time),
-					 GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cpufreq_cdev->idle_time) {
-		cdev = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		goto free_cdev;
-	}
 
 	/* max_level is an index, not a counter */
 	cpufreq_cdev->max_level = i - 1;
@@ -537,7 +505,7 @@ __cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
 	ret = ida_simple_get(&cpufreq_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		cdev = ERR_PTR(ret);
-		goto free_idle_time;
+		goto free_cdev;
 	}
 	cpufreq_cdev->id = ret;
 
@@ -586,8 +554,6 @@ __cpufreq_cooling_register(struct device_node *np,
 	freq_qos_remove_request(&cpufreq_cdev->qos_req);
 remove_ida:
 	ida_simple_remove(&cpufreq_ida, cpufreq_cdev->id);
-free_idle_time:
-	kfree(cpufreq_cdev->idle_time);
 free_cdev:
 	kfree(cpufreq_cdev);
 	return cdev;
@@ -680,7 +646,6 @@ void cpufreq_cooling_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(cdev);
 	freq_qos_remove_request(&cpufreq_cdev->qos_req);
 	ida_simple_remove(&cpufreq_ida, cpufreq_cdev->id);
-	kfree(cpufreq_cdev->idle_time);
 	kfree(cpufreq_cdev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cooling_unregister);
