diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Makefile b/drivers/thermal/Makefile
index b2009bd..b7fffc7 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_THERMAL)		+= thermal_sys.o
 thermal_sys-y			+= thermal_core.o
 
 # governors
-obj-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_FAIR_SHARE)	+= fair_share.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_STEP_WISE)	+= step_wise.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE)	+= user_space.o
+thermal_sys-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_FAIR_SHARE)	+= fair_share.o
+thermal_sys-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_STEP_WISE)	+= step_wise.o
+thermal_sys-$(CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE)	+= user_space.o
 
 # cpufreq cooling
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_THERMAL)	+= cpu_cooling.o
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/fair_share.c b/drivers/thermal/fair_share.c
index 792479f..944ba2f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/fair_share.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/fair_share.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 
 #include "thermal_core.h"
@@ -111,23 +108,15 @@ static int fair_share_throttle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
 static struct thermal_governor thermal_gov_fair_share = {
 	.name		= "fair_share",
 	.throttle	= fair_share_throttle,
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static int __init thermal_gov_fair_share_init(void)
+int thermal_gov_fair_share_register(void)
 {
 	return thermal_register_governor(&thermal_gov_fair_share);
 }
 
-static void __exit thermal_gov_fair_share_exit(void)
+void thermal_gov_fair_share_unregister(void)
 {
 	thermal_unregister_governor(&thermal_gov_fair_share);
 }
 
-/* This should load after thermal framework */
-fs_initcall(thermal_gov_fair_share_init);
-module_exit(thermal_gov_fair_share_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Durgadoss R");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A simple weight based thermal throttling governor");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
index 407cde3..a6c9666 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 
 #include "thermal_core.h"
@@ -180,23 +177,14 @@ static int step_wise_throttle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
 static struct thermal_governor thermal_gov_step_wise = {
 	.name		= "step_wise",
 	.throttle	= step_wise_throttle,
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static int __init thermal_gov_step_wise_init(void)
+int thermal_gov_step_wise_register(void)
 {
 	return thermal_register_governor(&thermal_gov_step_wise);
 }
 
-static void __exit thermal_gov_step_wise_exit(void)
+void thermal_gov_step_wise_unregister(void)
 {
 	thermal_unregister_governor(&thermal_gov_step_wise);
 }
-
-/* This should load after thermal framework */
-fs_initcall(thermal_gov_step_wise_init);
-module_exit(thermal_gov_step_wise_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Durgadoss R");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A step-by-step thermal throttling governor");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 845ed6e..eac9745 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1858,22 +1858,54 @@ static inline int genetlink_init(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void genetlink_exit(void) {}
 #endif /* !CONFIG_NET */
 
+static int __init thermal_register_governors(void)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	result = thermal_gov_step_wise_register();
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	result = thermal_gov_fair_share_register();
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	result = thermal_gov_user_space_register();
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static void __exit thermal_unregister_governors(void)
+{
+	thermal_gov_step_wise_unregister();
+	thermal_gov_fair_share_unregister();
+	thermal_gov_user_space_unregister();
+}
+
 static int __init thermal_init(void)
 {
-	int result = 0;
+	int result;
+
+	result = thermal_register_governors();
+	if (result)
+		return result;
 
 	result = class_register(&thermal_class);
 	if (result)
 		return result;
 
 	result = genetlink_init();
+	if (result)
+		class_unregister(&thermal_class);
+
 	return result;
 }
 
 static void __exit thermal_exit(void)
 {
-	class_unregister(&thermal_class);
 	genetlink_exit();
+	class_unregister(&thermal_class);
+	thermal_unregister_governors();
 }
 
 fs_initcall(thermal_init);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
index 0d3205a..f84ea0f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -50,4 +50,29 @@ struct thermal_instance {
 	struct list_head cdev_node; /* node in cdev->thermal_instances */
 };
 
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_STEP_WISE
+extern int thermal_gov_step_wise_register(void);
+extern void thermal_gov_step_wise_unregister(void);
+#else
+static inline int thermal_gov_step_wise_register(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void thermal_gov_step_wise_unregister(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_STEP_WISE */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_FAIR_SHARE
+extern int thermal_gov_fair_share_register(void);
+extern void thermal_gov_fair_share_unregister(void);
+#else
+static inline int thermal_gov_fair_share_register(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void thermal_gov_fair_share_unregister(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_FAIR_SHARE */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE
+extern int thermal_gov_user_space_register(void);
+extern void thermal_gov_user_space_unregister(void);
+#else
+static inline int thermal_gov_user_space_register(void) { return 0; }
+static inline void thermal_gov_user_space_unregister(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_THERMAL_GOV_USER_SPACE */
+
 #endif /* __THERMAL_CORE_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/user_space.c b/drivers/thermal/user_space.c
index 6bbb380..10adcdd 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/user_space.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/user_space.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 
 #include "thermal_core.h"
@@ -46,23 +43,15 @@ static int notify_user_space(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
 static struct thermal_governor thermal_gov_user_space = {
 	.name		= "user_space",
 	.throttle	= notify_user_space,
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static int __init thermal_gov_user_space_init(void)
+int thermal_gov_user_space_register(void)
 {
 	return thermal_register_governor(&thermal_gov_user_space);
 }
 
-static void __exit thermal_gov_user_space_exit(void)
+void thermal_gov_user_space_unregister(void)
 {
 	thermal_unregister_governor(&thermal_gov_user_space);
 }
 
-/* This should load after thermal framework */
-fs_initcall(thermal_gov_user_space_init);
-module_exit(thermal_gov_user_space_exit);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Durgadoss R");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A user space Thermal notifier");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index f0bd7f9..2eeec01 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ struct thermal_governor {
 	char name[THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH];
 	int (*throttle)(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip);
 	struct list_head	governor_list;
-	struct module		*owner;
 };
 
 /* Structure that holds binding parameters for a zone */
