diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig
index d95a8059d30bebb36e3f3639e558f39c7f90bbf9..0cf1c120c4bb26e860cb74f7b9f2339cb8051366 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ CONFIG_SPI_S3C24XX=y
 CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75=y
-CONFIG_THERMAL=m
+CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_S3C2410_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_FB=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig
index d4654755b09cbad7b862ede4e9e26eb053dc925e..d4f9dda3a52f7b050a5485a151faf50ba22ef4d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75=m
 CONFIG_SENSORS_LM90=m
 CONFIG_SENSORS_LM95245=m
 CONFIG_SENSORS_NTC_THERMISTOR=m
-CONFIG_THERMAL=m
+CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_XILINX_WATCHDOG=m
 CONFIG_SA1100_WATCHDOG=m
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/ip22_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/ip22_defconfig
index ff40fbc2f4399dc2a51b76d39b022a993df5a7e8..21a1168ae301f6d1519990afce524d8b365a32de 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/ip22_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/ip22_defconfig
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_IP22_ZILOG=m
 # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
 CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=m
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
-CONFIG_THERMAL=m
+CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_INDYDOG=m
 # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig
index 81c47e18131bd46422143e86d8ef1a12ed7b1260..54db5dedf7764594b473a2312581dde6801b0ee2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/ip27_defconfig
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_PARPORT_LIGHT=m
 CONFIG_I2C_TAOS_EVM=m
 CONFIG_I2C_STUB=m
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
-CONFIG_THERMAL=m
+CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_MFD_PCF50633=m
 CONFIG_PCF50633_ADC=m
 CONFIG_PCF50633_GPIO=m
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/configs/unicore32_defconfig b/arch/unicore32/configs/unicore32_defconfig
index aebd01fc28e59a3b5c530c8a596a4fcccd3e15df..360cc9abcdb0933ef3234df5fd647bb383c9bd0f 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/configs/unicore32_defconfig
+++ b/arch/unicore32/configs/unicore32_defconfig
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_PUV3=y
 #	Hardware Monitoring support
 #CONFIG_SENSORS_LM75=m
 #	Generic Thermal sysfs driver
-#CONFIG_THERMAL=m
+#CONFIG_THERMAL=y
 #CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=y
 
 #	Multimedia support
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 653aa27a25a49d8b0e7f1265209579e6c25da653..ccf5b9408d7a5ce2fc64e19c74e118abb40637ed 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 menuconfig THERMAL
-	tristate "Generic Thermal sysfs driver"
+	bool "Generic Thermal sysfs driver"
 	help
 	  Generic Thermal Sysfs driver offers a generic mechanism for
 	  thermal management. Usually it's made up of one or more thermal
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ menuconfig THERMAL
 	  Each thermal zone contains its own temperature, trip points,
 	  cooling devices.
 	  All platforms with ACPI thermal support can use this driver.
-	  If you want this support, you should say Y or M here.
+	  If you want this support, you should say Y here.
 
 if THERMAL