diff --git a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
index 1242cffed8b04b069a6870da8ffa38a8c8d53aa5..0cd5e9fbab1c96ea7393db980aeafc26c87bb577 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/step_wise.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int step_wise_throttle(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
 }
 
 static struct thermal_governor thermal_gov_step_wise = {
-	.name		= DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR,
+	.name		= "step_wise",
 	.throttle	= step_wise_throttle,
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/thermal.h b/include/linux/thermal.h
index 807f2146fe35cd8e53276a2a03ee027618efb9db..fe82022478e7f7ad20affd6c5ce4706c69205375 100644
--- a/include/linux/thermal.h
+++ b/include/linux/thermal.h
@@ -46,8 +46,14 @@
 #define THERMAL_GENL_VERSION                    0x01
 #define THERMAL_GENL_MCAST_GROUP_NAME           "thermal_mc_group"
 
-/* Default Thermal Governor: Does Linear Throttling */
-#define DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR	"step_wise"
+/* Default Thermal Governor */
+#if defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_DEFAULT_GOV_STEP_WISE)
+#define DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR       "step_wise"
+#elif defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_DEFAULT_GOV_FAIR_SHARE)
+#define DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR       "fair_share"
+#elif defined(CONFIG_THERMAL_DEFAULT_GOV_USER_SPACE)
+#define DEFAULT_THERMAL_GOVERNOR       "user_space"
+#endif
 
 struct thermal_zone_device;
 struct thermal_cooling_device;