diff --git a/examples/thermostat/silabs/include/SensorManager.h b/examples/thermostat/silabs/include/SensorManager.h
index f1a6a18e2a2c19..8a88d775207fa1 100644
--- a/examples/thermostat/silabs/include/SensorManager.h
+++ b/examples/thermostat/silabs/include/SensorManager.h
@@ -31,20 +31,15 @@ class SensorManager
 {
 public:
     CHIP_ERROR Init();
-    struct AttributeUpdateInfo
-    {
-        int16_t temperature;
-        uint16_t endPoint;
-    };
 
 private:
-    static void UpdateTemperatureAttribute(intptr_t context);
     friend SensorManager & SensorMgr();
 
     osTimerId_t mSensorTimer;
 
-    // Reads new generated sensor value, stores it, and updates local temperature attribute
     static void SensorTimerEventHandler(void * arg);
+    // Reads new generated sensor value, stores it, and updates local temperature attribute
+    static void TemperatureUpdateEventHandler(AppEvent * aEvent);
 
     static SensorManager sSensorManager;
 };
diff --git a/examples/thermostat/silabs/src/SensorManager.cpp b/examples/thermostat/silabs/src/SensorManager.cpp
index d9aed702d88ec4..b6eec3b90e4342 100644
--- a/examples/thermostat/silabs/src/SensorManager.cpp
+++ b/examples/thermostat/silabs/src/SensorManager.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ CHIP_ERROR SensorManager::Init()
 }
 
 void SensorManager::SensorTimerEventHandler(void * arg)
+{
+    AppEvent event;
+    event.Type    = AppEvent::kEventType_Timer;
+    event.Handler = TemperatureUpdateEventHandler;
+
+    AppTask::GetAppTask().PostEvent(&event);
+}
+
+void SensorManager::TemperatureUpdateEventHandler(AppEvent * aEvent)
 {
     int16_t temperature            = 0;
     static int16_t lastTemperature = 0;
@@ -115,20 +124,11 @@ void SensorManager::SensorTimerEventHandler(void * arg)
 
     if ((temperature >= (lastTemperature + kMinTemperatureDelta)) || temperature <= (lastTemperature - kMinTemperatureDelta))
     {
-        lastTemperature            = temperature;
-        AttributeUpdateInfo * data = chip::Platform::New<AttributeUpdateInfo>();
-        data->endPoint             = kThermostatEndpoint;
-        data->temperature          = temperature;
+        lastTemperature = temperature;
+        PlatformMgr().LockChipStack();
         // The SensorMagager shouldn't be aware of the Endpoint ID TODO Fix this.
         // TODO Per Spec we should also apply the Offset stored in the same cluster before saving the temp
-
-        chip::DeviceLayer::PlatformMgr().ScheduleWork(UpdateTemperatureAttribute, reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(data));
+        app::Clusters::Thermostat::Attributes::LocalTemperature::Set(kThermostatEndpoint, temperature);
+        PlatformMgr().UnlockChipStack();
     }
 }
-
-void SensorManager::UpdateTemperatureAttribute(intptr_t context)
-{
-    SensorManager::AttributeUpdateInfo * data = reinterpret_cast<SensorManager::AttributeUpdateInfo *>(context);
-    app::Clusters::Thermostat::Attributes::LocalTemperature::Set(data->endPoint, data->temperature);
-    chip::Platform::Delete(data);
-}