diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/emc2305.c b/drivers/hwmon/emc2305.c
index 9a78ca22541e..e42ae43f3de4 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/emc2305.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/emc2305.c
@@ -171,22 +171,12 @@ static int emc2305_get_max_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, unsigned l
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int emc2305_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, unsigned long state)
+static int __emc2305_set_cur_state(struct emc2305_data *data, int cdev_idx, unsigned long state)
 {
-	int cdev_idx, ret;
-	struct emc2305_data *data = cdev->devdata;
+	int ret;
 	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
 	u8 val, i;
 
-	if (state > data->max_state)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	cdev_idx =  emc2305_get_cdev_idx(cdev);
-	if (cdev_idx < 0)
-		return cdev_idx;
-
-	/* Save thermal state. */
-	data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_thermal_state = state;
 	state = max_t(unsigned long, state, data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_hwmon_state);
 
 	val = EMC2305_PWM_STATE2DUTY(state, data->max_state, EMC2305_FAN_MAX);
@@ -211,6 +201,27 @@ static int emc2305_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, unsigned l
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int emc2305_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, unsigned long state)
+{
+	int cdev_idx, ret;
+	struct emc2305_data *data = cdev->devdata;
+
+	if (state > data->max_state)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cdev_idx =  emc2305_get_cdev_idx(cdev);
+	if (cdev_idx < 0)
+		return cdev_idx;
+
+	/* Save thermal state. */
+	data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_thermal_state = state;
+	ret = __emc2305_set_cur_state(data, cdev_idx, state);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct thermal_cooling_device_ops emc2305_cooling_ops = {
 	.get_max_state = emc2305_get_max_state,
 	.get_cur_state = emc2305_get_cur_state,
@@ -401,7 +412,7 @@ emc2305_write(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type, u32 attr, int ch
 				 */
 				if (data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_hwmon_state >=
 				    data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_thermal_state)
-					return emc2305_set_cur_state(data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].cdev,
+					return __emc2305_set_cur_state(data, cdev_idx,
 							data->cdev_data[cdev_idx].last_hwmon_state);
 				return 0;
 			}