diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 90e38cc199f4..53f55ceca220 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ static void monitor_thermal_zone(struct thermal_zone_device *tz)
 	mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
 
 	if (!stop && tz->passive)
-		thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->passive_delay);
-	else if (!stop && tz->polling_delay)
-		thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->polling_delay);
+		thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->passive_delay_ms);
+	else if (!stop && tz->polling_delay_ms)
+		thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, tz->polling_delay_ms);
 	else
 		thermal_zone_device_set_polling(tz, 0);
 
@@ -1340,8 +1340,8 @@ thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type, int trips, int mask,
 	tz->device.class = &thermal_class;
 	tz->devdata = devdata;
 	tz->trips = trips;
-	tz->passive_delay = passive_delay;
-	tz->polling_delay = polling_delay;
+	tz->passive_delay_ms = passive_delay;
+	tz->polling_delay_ms = polling_delay;
 
 	/* sys I/F */
 	/* Add nodes that are always present via .groups */
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
index 69ef12f852b7..ebec4a8a8b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c
@@ -865,14 +865,14 @@ __init *thermal_of_build_thermal_zone(struct device_node *np)
 		pr_err("%pOFn: missing polling-delay-passive property\n", np);
 		goto free_tz;
 	}
-	tz->passive_delay = prop;
+	tz->passive_delay_ms = prop;
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "polling-delay", &prop);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("%pOFn: missing polling-delay property\n", np);
 		goto free_tz;
 	}
-	tz->polling_delay = prop;
+	tz->polling_delay_ms = prop;
 
 	/*
 	 * REVIST: for now, the thermal framework supports only
@@ -1085,8 +1085,8 @@ int __init of_parse_thermal_zones(void)
 		zone = thermal_zone_device_register(child->name, tz->ntrips,
 						    mask, tz,
 						    ops, tzp,
-						    tz->passive_delay,
-						    tz->polling_delay);
+						    tz->passive_delay_ms,
+						    tz->polling_delay_ms);
 		if (IS_ERR(zone)) {
 			pr_err("Failed to build %pOFn zone %ld\n", child,
 			       PTR_ERR(zone));
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
index 0866e949339b..f465462d8aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c
@@ -233,12 +233,12 @@ passive_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (state && !tz->forced_passive) {
-		if (!tz->passive_delay)
-			tz->passive_delay = 1000;
+		if (!tz->passive_delay_ms)
+			tz->passive_delay_ms = 1000;
 		thermal_zone_device_rebind_exception(tz, "Processor",
 						     sizeof("Processor"));
 	} else if (!state && tz->forced_passive) {
-		tz->passive_delay = 0;
+		tz->passive_delay_ms = 0;
 		thermal_zone_device_unbind_exception(tz, "Processor",
 						     sizeof("Processor"));
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index d07ea27e72a9..230d451bf335 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ struct thermal_cooling_device {
  * @devdata:	private pointer for device private data
  * @trips:	number of trip points the thermal zone supports
  * @trips_disabled;	bitmap for disabled trips
- * @passive_delay:	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when
+ * @passive_delay_ms:	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when
  *			performing passive cooling.
- * @polling_delay:	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when
+ * @polling_delay_ms:	number of milliseconds to wait between polls when
  *			checking whether trip points have been crossed (0 for
  *			interrupt driven systems)
  * @temperature:	current temperature.  This is only for core code,
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
 	void *devdata;
 	int trips;
 	unsigned long trips_disabled;	/* bitmap for disabled trips */
-	int passive_delay;
-	int polling_delay;
+	int passive_delay_ms;
+	int polling_delay_ms;
 	int temperature;
 	int last_temperature;
 	int emul_temperature;
