diff --git a/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c b/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c
index 3d29a11c1d6b5..66770c1ddc49f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mips/cpu_hwmon.c
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ static int __init loongson_hwmon_init(void)
 		goto fail_hwmon_device_register;
 	}
 
+	if (!csr_temp_enable && !loongson_chiptemp[0])
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	nr_packages = loongson_sysconf.nr_cpus /
 		loongson_sysconf.cores_per_package;