diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_core.h b/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
index 63691cf3a1d69d87b7b2474d108cc2aaa701cdd8..2c399c52193e87c0bae662d0549a8a81c1b9fadf 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ extern struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_device_alloc_ctl_info(
 		char *edac_block_name, unsigned nr_blocks,
 		unsigned offset_value,
 		struct edac_dev_sysfs_block_attribute *block_attributes,
-		unsigned nr_attribs);
+		unsigned nr_attribs,
+		int device_index);
 
 /* The offset value can be:
  *	-1 indicating no offset value
@@ -806,8 +807,7 @@ extern void edac_mc_handle_fbd_ce(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, unsigned int csrow,
 /*
  * edac_device APIs
  */
-extern int edac_device_add_device(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
-				int dev_idx);
+extern int edac_device_add_device(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev);
 extern struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_device_del_device(struct device *dev);
 extern void edac_device_handle_ue(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
 				int inst_nr, int block_nr, const char *msg);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
index 8264e3728c79594bbd16f80c5d9b2c58b5252bde..6020da68cbef9a9f90512579c651b6e2deb4360e 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_device_alloc_ctl_info(
 	char *edac_device_name, unsigned nr_instances,
 	char *edac_block_name, unsigned nr_blocks,
 	unsigned offset_value,		/* zero, 1, or other based offset */
-	struct edac_dev_sysfs_block_attribute *attrib_spec, unsigned nr_attrib)
+	struct edac_dev_sysfs_block_attribute *attrib_spec, unsigned nr_attrib,
+	int device_index)
 {
 	struct edac_device_ctl_info *dev_ctl;
 	struct edac_device_instance *dev_inst, *inst;
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_device_alloc_ctl_info(
 	pvt = sz_private ? (((char *)dev_ctl) + ((unsigned long)pvt)) : NULL;
 
 	/* Begin storing the information into the control info structure */
+	dev_ctl->dev_idx = device_index;
 	dev_ctl->nr_instances = nr_instances;
 	dev_ctl->instances = dev_inst;
 	dev_ctl->pvt_info = pvt;
@@ -441,18 +443,16 @@ void edac_device_reset_delay_period(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev,
  * edac_device global list and create sysfs entries associated with
  * edac_device structure.
  * @edac_device: pointer to the edac_device structure to be added to the list
- * @edac_idx: A unique numeric identifier to be assigned to the
  * 'edac_device' structure.
  *
  * Return:
  *	0	Success
  *	!0	Failure
  */
-int edac_device_add_device(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev, int edac_idx)
+int edac_device_add_device(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev)
 {
 	debugf0("%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	edac_dev->dev_idx = edac_idx;
 #ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG
 	if (edac_debug_level >= 3)
 		edac_device_dump_device(edac_dev);