diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index f7a5dba..bf7c687 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 menuconfig THERMAL
 	tristate "Generic Thermal sysfs driver"
-	depends on NET
 	help
 	  Generic Thermal Sysfs driver offers a generic mechanism for
 	  thermal management. Usually it's made up of one or more thermal
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
index 7d0e63c..5bbacff 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
-#include <net/netlink.h>
-#include <net/genetlink.h>
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Zhang Rui");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic thermal management sysfs support");
@@ -60,6 +58,10 @@ static LIST_HEAD(thermal_tz_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(thermal_cdev_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(thermal_list_lock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET /* needed for netlink messages */
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
 static unsigned int thermal_event_seqnum;
 
 static struct genl_family thermal_event_genl_family = {
@@ -76,6 +78,96 @@ static struct genl_multicast_group thermal_event_mcgrp = {
 static int genetlink_init(void);
 static void genetlink_exit(void);
 
+int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct nlattr *attr;
+	struct thermal_genl_event *thermal_event;
+	void *msg_header;
+	int size;
+	int result;
+
+	/* allocate memory */
+	size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event)) + \
+				nla_total_size(0);
+
+	skb = genlmsg_new(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* add the genetlink message header */
+	msg_header = genlmsg_put(skb, 0, thermal_event_seqnum++,
+				 &thermal_event_genl_family, 0,
+				 THERMAL_GENL_CMD_EVENT);
+	if (!msg_header) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	/* fill the data */
+	attr = nla_reserve(skb, THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_EVENT, \
+			sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event));
+
+	if (!attr) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	thermal_event = nla_data(attr);
+	if (!thermal_event) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	memset(thermal_event, 0, sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event));
+
+	thermal_event->orig = orig;
+	thermal_event->event = event;
+
+	/* send multicast genetlink message */
+	result = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
+	if (result < 0) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	result = genlmsg_multicast(skb, 0, thermal_event_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (result)
+		printk(KERN_INFO "failed to send netlink event:%d", result);
+
+	return result;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_netlink_event);
+
+static int genetlink_init(void)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	result = genl_register_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
+	if (result)
+		return result;
+
+	result = genl_register_mc_group(&thermal_event_genl_family,
+					&thermal_event_mcgrp);
+	if (result)
+		genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
+	return result;
+}
+
+static void genetlink_exit(void)
+{
+	genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static void genetlink_exit(void) {};
+static int genetlink_init(void) { return 0; }
+int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event) { return 0; }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_netlink_event);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_NET */
+
 static int get_idr(struct idr *idr, struct mutex *lock, int *id)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -1225,82 +1317,6 @@ void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(thermal_zone_device_unregister);
 
-int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct nlattr *attr;
-	struct thermal_genl_event *thermal_event;
-	void *msg_header;
-	int size;
-	int result;
-
-	/* allocate memory */
-	size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event)) + \
-				nla_total_size(0);
-
-	skb = genlmsg_new(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	/* add the genetlink message header */
-	msg_header = genlmsg_put(skb, 0, thermal_event_seqnum++,
-				 &thermal_event_genl_family, 0,
-				 THERMAL_GENL_CMD_EVENT);
-	if (!msg_header) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	/* fill the data */
-	attr = nla_reserve(skb, THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_EVENT, \
-			sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event));
-
-	if (!attr) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	thermal_event = nla_data(attr);
-	if (!thermal_event) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	memset(thermal_event, 0, sizeof(struct thermal_genl_event));
-
-	thermal_event->orig = orig;
-	thermal_event->event = event;
-
-	/* send multicast genetlink message */
-	result = genlmsg_end(skb, msg_header);
-	if (result < 0) {
-		nlmsg_free(skb);
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	result = genlmsg_multicast(skb, 0, thermal_event_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (result)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "failed to send netlink event:%d", result);
-
-	return result;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_netlink_event);
-
-static int genetlink_init(void)
-{
-	int result;
-
-	result = genl_register_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
-	if (result)
-		return result;
-
-	result = genl_register_mc_group(&thermal_event_genl_family,
-					&thermal_event_mcgrp);
-	if (result)
-		genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
-	return result;
-}
-
 static int __init thermal_init(void)
 {
 	int result = 0;
@@ -1316,11 +1332,6 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static void genetlink_exit(void)
-{
-	genl_unregister_family(&thermal_event_genl_family);
-}
-
 static void __exit thermal_exit(void)
 {
 	class_unregister(&thermal_class);
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 8651556..1c31614 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
 	struct thermal_hwmon_attr temp_crit;	/* hwmon sys attr */
 #endif
 };
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
 /* Adding event notification support elements */
 #define THERMAL_GENL_FAMILY_NAME                "thermal_event"
 #define THERMAL_GENL_VERSION                    0x01
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ enum {
 	__THERMAL_GENL_CMD_MAX,
 };
 #define THERMAL_GENL_CMD_MAX (__THERMAL_GENL_CMD_MAX - 1)
+#endif
+extern int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);
 
 struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(char *, int, void *,
 		const struct thermal_zone_device_ops *, int tc1, int tc2,
@@ -172,6 +176,5 @@ void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *);
 struct thermal_cooling_device *thermal_cooling_device_register(char *, void *,
 		const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *);
 void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
-extern int generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);
 
 #endif /* __THERMAL_H__ */
