diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index 64036372e240..f43237ef2cd0 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 {
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
 	struct thermal_zone_device *pos = NULL;
+	unsigned long current_state;
 	int id, ret;
 
 	if (!ops || !ops->get_max_state || !ops->get_cur_state ||
@@ -972,6 +973,10 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_cdev_type;
 
+	ret = cdev->ops->get_cur_state(cdev, &current_state);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_cdev_type;
+
 	thermal_cooling_device_setup_sysfs(cdev);
 
 	ret = dev_set_name(&cdev->device, "cooling_device%d", cdev->id);
@@ -985,6 +990,8 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
+	thermal_debug_cdev_add(cdev, current_state);
+
 	/* Add 'this' new cdev to the global cdev list */
 	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
@@ -1000,8 +1007,6 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&thermal_list_lock);
 
-	thermal_debug_cdev_add(cdev);
-
 	return cdev;
 
 out_cooling_dev:
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c
index c93d2b5405de..59b1d999383c 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c
@@ -468,8 +468,9 @@ void thermal_debug_cdev_state_update(const struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
  * Allocates a cooling device object for debug, initializes the
  * statistics and create the entries in sysfs.
  * @cdev: a pointer to a cooling device
+ * @state: current state of the cooling device
  */
-void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
+void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int state)
 {
 	struct thermal_debugfs *thermal_dbg;
 	struct cdev_debugfs *cdev_dbg;
@@ -486,9 +487,16 @@ void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev_dbg->durations[i]);
 	}
 
-	cdev_dbg->current_state = 0;
+	cdev_dbg->current_state = state;
 	cdev_dbg->timestamp = ktime_get();
 
+	/*
+	 * Create a record for the initial cooling device state, so its
+	 * duration will be printed by cdev_dt_seq_show() as expected if it
+	 * runs before the first state transition.
+	 */
+	thermal_debugfs_cdev_record_get(thermal_dbg, cdev_dbg->durations, state);
+
 	debugfs_create_file("trans_table", 0400, thermal_dbg->d_top,
 			    thermal_dbg, &tt_fops);
 
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.h
index 027c145501dd..74ee65ee82ff 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_THERMAL_DEBUGFS
 void thermal_debug_init(void);
-void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
+void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int state);
 void thermal_debug_cdev_remove(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
 void thermal_debug_cdev_state_update(const struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int state);
 void thermal_debug_tz_add(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void thermal_debug_tz_trip_down(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
 void thermal_debug_update_trip_stats(struct thermal_zone_device *tz);
 #else
 static inline void thermal_debug_init(void) {}
-static inline void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev) {}
+static inline void thermal_debug_cdev_add(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev, int state) {}
 static inline void thermal_debug_cdev_remove(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev) {}
 static inline void thermal_debug_cdev_state_update(const struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 						   int state) {}