diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
index d78c57a95b868c749f848a170eac15ee113c286e..2bcffec8dbf0d612b41e17590b503b75bcab622e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpss.c
@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ static int acpi_lpss_create_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 	acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list);
 
 	if (!pdata->mmio_base) {
+		/* Avoid acpi_bus_attach() instantiating a pdev for this dev. */
+		adev->pnp.type.platform_id = 0;
 		/* Skip the device, but continue the namespace scan. */
 		ret = 0;
 		goto err_out;