diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 7b723c7c4cae3d949f205f2b6a3d9215f50118d4..84fdf0792e27cf57c979288a6a9b79543628495f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1837,10 +1837,10 @@ static int __init thermal_init(void)
 
 exit_netlink:
 	genetlink_exit();
-unregister_governors:
-	thermal_unregister_governors();
 unregister_class:
 	class_unregister(&thermal_class);
+unregister_governors:
+	thermal_unregister_governors();
 error:
 	idr_destroy(&thermal_tz_idr);
 	idr_destroy(&thermal_cdev_idr);