diff --git a/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_kim.c b/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_kim.c
index 9e99463f76e8a0d048f7ec8667a455125d88cb0b..be18c7a174461fd3f3c37052dae4f1fde08cf96a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_kim.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ti-st/st_kim.c
@@ -638,7 +638,14 @@ static int kim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	long *gpios = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct kim_data_s	*kim_gdata;
 
-	st_kim_devices[pdev->id] = pdev;
+	if ((pdev->id != -1) && (pdev->id < MAX_ST_DEVICES)) {
+		/* multiple devices could exist */
+		st_kim_devices[pdev->id] = pdev;
+	} else {
+		/* platform's sure about existance of 1 device */
+		st_kim_devices[0] = pdev;
+	}
+
 	kim_gdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kim_data_s), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!kim_gdata) {
 		pr_err("no mem to allocate");