diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 11750a145d74..54cce4e523bc 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1398,8 +1398,15 @@ thermal_zone_device_register_with_trips(const char *type,
 	tz->device.class = thermal_class;
 	tz->devdata = devdata;
 	tz->num_trips = num_trips;
-	for_each_trip_desc(tz, td)
+	for_each_trip_desc(tz, td) {
 		td->trip = *trip++;
+		/*
+		 * Mark all thresholds as invalid to start with even though
+		 * this only matters for the trips that start as invalid and
+		 * become valid later.
+		 */
+		td->threshold = INT_MAX;
+	}
 
 	thermal_set_delay_jiffies(&tz->passive_delay_jiffies, passive_delay);
 	thermal_set_delay_jiffies(&tz->polling_delay_jiffies, polling_delay);
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_trip.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_trip.c
index 21ece8399997..d6a6acc78ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_trip.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_trip.c
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ void thermal_zone_set_trip_temp(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 	if (trip->temperature == temp)
 		return;
 
+	if (temp == THERMAL_TEMP_INVALID) {
+		struct thermal_trip_desc *td = trip_to_trip_desc(trip);
+
+		if (trip->type == THERMAL_TRIP_PASSIVE &&
+		    tz->temperature >= td->threshold) {
+			/*
+			 * The trip has been crossed, so the thermal zone's
+			 * passive count needs to be adjusted.
+			 */
+			tz->passive--;
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(tz->passive < 0);
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Invalidate the threshold to avoid triggering a spurious
+		 * trip crossing notification when the trip becomes valid.
+		 */
+		td->threshold = INT_MAX;
+	}
 	trip->temperature = temp;
 	thermal_notify_tz_trip_change(tz, trip);
 }