diff --git a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
index 0d96a510389f412c0287f4f67484a23ae71356f1..ffccc894f0f87750779abcbea7f4e9ae0f0ebb4c 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/samsung/exynos_tmu.c
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ static int exynos_tmu_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			trigger_levs++;
 	}
 
+	rising_threshold = readl(data->base + reg->threshold_th0);
+
 	if (data->soc == SOC_ARCH_EXYNOS4210) {
 		/* Write temperature code for threshold */
 		threshold_code = temp_to_code(data, pdata->threshold);
@@ -249,6 +251,7 @@ static int exynos_tmu_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				ret = threshold_code;
 				goto out;
 			}
+			rising_threshold &= ~(0xff << 8 * i);
 			rising_threshold |= threshold_code << 8 * i;
 			if (pdata->threshold_falling) {
 				threshold_code = temp_to_code(data,
@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@ static int exynos_tmu_initialize(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			}
 			if (i == EXYNOS_MAX_TRIGGER_PER_REG - 1) {
 				/* 1-4 level to be assigned in th0 reg */
+				rising_threshold &= ~(0xff << 8 * i);
 				rising_threshold |= threshold_code << 8 * i;
 				writel(rising_threshold,
 					data->base + reg->threshold_th0);