diff --git a/tools/lib/thermal/commands.c b/tools/lib/thermal/commands.c
index 73d4d4e8d6ec..a9223df91dcf 100644
--- a/tools/lib/thermal/commands.c
+++ b/tools/lib/thermal/commands.c
@@ -261,8 +261,23 @@ static struct genl_ops thermal_cmd_ops = {
 	.o_ncmds	= ARRAY_SIZE(thermal_cmds),
 };
 
-static thermal_error_t thermal_genl_auto(struct thermal_handler *th, int id, int cmd,
-					 int flags, void *arg)
+struct cmd_param {
+	int tz_id;
+};
+
+typedef int (*cmd_cb_t)(struct nl_msg *, struct cmd_param *);
+
+static int thermal_genl_tz_id_encode(struct nl_msg *msg, struct cmd_param *p)
+{
+	if (p->tz_id >= 0 && nla_put_u32(msg, THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_ID, p->tz_id))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static thermal_error_t thermal_genl_auto(struct thermal_handler *th, cmd_cb_t cmd_cb,
+					 struct cmd_param *param,
+					 int cmd, int flags, void *arg)
 {
 	struct nl_msg *msg;
 	void *hdr;
@@ -276,7 +291,7 @@ static thermal_error_t thermal_genl_auto(struct thermal_handler *th, int id, int
 	if (!hdr)
 		return THERMAL_ERROR;
 
-	if (id >= 0 && nla_put_u32(msg, THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_ID, id))
+	if (cmd_cb && cmd_cb(msg, param))
 		return THERMAL_ERROR;
 
 	if (nl_send_msg(th->sk_cmd, th->cb_cmd, msg, genl_handle_msg, arg))
@@ -289,30 +304,38 @@ static thermal_error_t thermal_genl_auto(struct thermal_handler *th, int id, int
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_get_tz(struct thermal_handler *th, struct thermal_zone **tz)
 {
-	return thermal_genl_auto(th, -1, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_ID,
+	return thermal_genl_auto(th, NULL, NULL, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_ID,
 				 NLM_F_DUMP | NLM_F_ACK, tz);
 }
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_get_cdev(struct thermal_handler *th, struct thermal_cdev **tc)
 {
-	return thermal_genl_auto(th, -1, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_CDEV_GET,
+	return thermal_genl_auto(th, NULL, NULL, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_CDEV_GET,
 				 NLM_F_DUMP | NLM_F_ACK, tc);
 }
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_get_trip(struct thermal_handler *th, struct thermal_zone *tz)
 {
-	return thermal_genl_auto(th, tz->id, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_TRIP,
-				 0, tz);
+	struct cmd_param p = { .tz_id = tz->id };
+
+	return thermal_genl_auto(th, thermal_genl_tz_id_encode, &p,
+				 THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_TRIP, 0, tz);
 }
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_get_governor(struct thermal_handler *th, struct thermal_zone *tz)
 {
-	return thermal_genl_auto(th, tz->id, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_GOV, 0, tz);
+	struct cmd_param p = { .tz_id = tz->id };
+
+	return thermal_genl_auto(th, thermal_genl_tz_id_encode, &p,
+				 THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_GOV, 0, tz);
 }
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_get_temp(struct thermal_handler *th, struct thermal_zone *tz)
 {
-	return thermal_genl_auto(th, tz->id, THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_TEMP, 0, tz);
+	struct cmd_param p = { .tz_id = tz->id };
+
+	return thermal_genl_auto(th, thermal_genl_tz_id_encode, &p,
+				 THERMAL_GENL_CMD_TZ_GET_TEMP, 0, tz);
 }
 
 thermal_error_t thermal_cmd_exit(struct thermal_handler *th)