diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 8b3be8b9257398b7f0dd306158a6428ea0949ad9..097c868986086ee6a598a41ce49c5f353d283427 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ static int try_init_spmi(struct SPMITable *spmi)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	myaddr = spmi->addr.address >> 1;
+	myaddr = spmi->addr.address & 0x7f;
 
 	return new_ssif_client(myaddr, NULL, 0, 0, SI_SPMI);
 }