diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 017994900ad71771cbf201da79804f391ac24c85..2a7c425ddfa73aef490b7e0fd2b081ebe0ea5926 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -3448,8 +3448,16 @@ static int is_new_interface(struct smi_info *info)
 	list_for_each_entry(e, &smi_infos, link) {
 		if (e->io.addr_type != info->io.addr_type)
 			continue;
-		if (e->io.addr_data == info->io.addr_data)
+		if (e->io.addr_data == info->io.addr_data) {
+			/*
+			 * This is a cheap hack, ACPI doesn't have a defined
+			 * slave address but SMBIOS does.  Pick it up from
+			 * any source that has it available.
+			 */
+			if (info->slave_addr && !e->slave_addr)
+				e->slave_addr = info->slave_addr;
 			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 04232431eaf7ae053af6a9ebcafb3f55b2245197..cca6e5bc1cea3c01831b66223f09b22fe7cf4c74 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ enum ssif_stat_indexes {
 };
 
 struct ssif_addr_info {
-	unsigned short addr;
 	struct i2c_board_info binfo;
 	char *adapter_name;
 	int debug;
@@ -1401,6 +1400,34 @@ static bool check_acpi(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, struct device *dev)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static int find_slave_address(struct i2c_client *client, int slave_addr)
+{
+	struct ssif_addr_info *info;
+
+	if (slave_addr)
+		return slave_addr;
+
+	/*
+	 * Came in without a slave address, search around to see if
+	 * the other sources have a slave address.  This lets us pick
+	 * up an SMBIOS slave address when using ACPI.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(info, &ssif_infos, link) {
+		if (info->binfo.addr != client->addr)
+			continue;
+		if (info->adapter_name && client->adapter->name &&
+		    strcmp_nospace(info->adapter_name,
+				   client->adapter->name))
+			continue;
+		if (info->slave_addr) {
+			slave_addr = info->slave_addr;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return slave_addr;
+}
+
 /*
  * Global enables we care about.
  */
@@ -1443,6 +1470,8 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 		}
 	}
 
+	slave_addr = find_slave_address(client, slave_addr);
+
 	pr_info(PFX "Trying %s-specified SSIF interface at i2c address 0x%x, adapter %s, slave address 0x%x\n",
 	       ipmi_addr_src_to_str(ssif_info->addr_source),
 	       client->addr, client->adapter->name, slave_addr);
@@ -1931,7 +1960,7 @@ static int decode_dmi(const struct dmi_device *dmi_dev)
 		slave_addr = data[6];
 	}
 
-	return new_ssif_client(myaddr, NULL, 0, 0, SI_SMBIOS);
+	return new_ssif_client(myaddr, NULL, 0, slave_addr, SI_SMBIOS);
 }
 
 static void dmi_iterator(void)