diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 117eeaf7dd24..615fdda3a5de 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -883,10 +883,6 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	cdev->id = ret;
 	id = ret;
 
-	ret = dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_ida_remove;
-
 	cdev->type = kstrdup(type ? type : "", GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cdev->type) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -901,6 +897,11 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	cdev->device.class = &thermal_class;
 	cdev->devdata = devdata;
 	thermal_cooling_device_setup_sysfs(cdev);
+	ret = dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
+	if (ret) {
+		thermal_cooling_device_destroy_sysfs(cdev);
+		goto out_kfree_type;
+	}
 	ret = device_register(&cdev->device);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_kfree_type;
@@ -1234,10 +1235,6 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type, struct thermal_trip *t
 	tz->id = id;
 	strscpy(tz->type, type, sizeof(tz->type));
 
-	result = dev_set_name(&tz->device, "thermal_zone%d", tz->id);
-	if (result)
-		goto remove_id;
-
 	if (!ops->critical)
 		ops->critical = thermal_zone_device_critical;
 
@@ -1260,6 +1257,11 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type, struct thermal_trip *t
 	/* A new thermal zone needs to be updated anyway. */
 	atomic_set(&tz->need_update, 1);
 
+	result = dev_set_name(&tz->device, "thermal_zone%d", tz->id);
+	if (result) {
+		thermal_zone_destroy_device_groups(tz);
+		goto remove_id;
+	}
 	result = device_register(&tz->device);
 	if (result)
 		goto release_device;