diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77970.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77970.dtsi
index 5b6164d4b8e3..0cd3b376635d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77970.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r8a77970.dtsi
@@ -1181,6 +1181,9 @@ cpu-thermal {
 			polling-delay = <1000>;
 			thermal-sensors = <&thermal>;
 
+			cooling-maps {
+			};
+
 			trips {
 				cpu-crit {
 					temperature = <120000>;
@@ -1188,9 +1191,6 @@ cpu-crit {
 					type = "critical";
 				};
 			};
-
-			cooling-maps {
-			};
 		};
 	};