diff --git a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
index 25bbc55dca896889886a1e9ed856cfb6fa71135d..112817e963e05f01ab11fe9234ef46ec56cc9886 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
@@ -925,13 +925,10 @@ static int acpi_thermal_register_thermal_zone(struct acpi_thermal *tz)
 	if (result)
 		return result;
 
-	status = acpi_attach_data(tz->device->handle,
-				  acpi_bus_private_data_handler,
-				  tz->thermal_zone);
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		pr_err(PREFIX "Error attaching device data\n");
+	status =  acpi_bus_attach_private_data(tz->device->handle,
+					       tz->thermal_zone);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	tz->tz_enabled = 1;
 
@@ -946,7 +943,7 @@ static void acpi_thermal_unregister_thermal_zone(struct acpi_thermal *tz)
 	sysfs_remove_link(&tz->thermal_zone->device.kobj, "device");
 	thermal_zone_device_unregister(tz->thermal_zone);
 	tz->thermal_zone = NULL;
-	acpi_detach_data(tz->device->handle, acpi_bus_private_data_handler);
+	acpi_bus_detach_private_data(tz->device->handle);
 }