diff --git a/drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-adc-tm5.c b/drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-adc-tm5.c
index 232fd0b333251c3c7b4bfecf7289c82585002970..8494cc04aa21097b6c6276569a080a33130f2636 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-adc-tm5.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-adc-tm5.c
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ static int adc_tm5_register_tzd(struct adc_tm5_chip *adc_tm)
 							   &adc_tm->channels[i],
 							   &adc_tm5_ops);
 		if (IS_ERR(tzd)) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(tzd) == -ENODEV) {
+				dev_warn(adc_tm->dev, "thermal sensor on channel %d is not used\n",
+					 adc_tm->channels[i].channel);
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			dev_err(adc_tm->dev, "Error registering TZ zone for channel %d: %ld\n",
 				adc_tm->channels[i].channel, PTR_ERR(tzd));
 			return PTR_ERR(tzd);