diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index a1a7225..3f8077c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
 
 #include "base.h"
 
+/* For automatically allocated device IDs */
+static DEFINE_IDA(platform_devid_ida);
+
 #define to_platform_driver(drv)	(container_of((drv), struct platform_driver, \
 				 driver))
 
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@
  */
 int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (!pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -273,10 +277,27 @@
 
 	pdev->dev.bus = &platform_bus_type;
 
-	if (pdev->id != -1)
+	switch (pdev->id) {
+	default:
 		dev_set_name(&pdev->dev, "%s.%d", pdev->name,  pdev->id);
-	else
+		break;
+	case PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE:
 		dev_set_name(&pdev->dev, "%s", pdev->name);
+		break;
+	case PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO:
+		/*
+		 * Automatically allocated device ID. We mark it as such so
+		 * that we remember it must be freed, and we append a suffix
+		 * to avoid namespace collision with explicit IDs.
+		 */
+		ret = ida_simple_get(&platform_devid_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto err_out;
+		pdev->id = ret;
+		pdev->id_auto = true;
+		dev_set_name(&pdev->dev, "%s.%d.auto", pdev->name, pdev->id);
+		break;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) {
 		struct resource *p, *r = &pdev->resource[i];
@@ -309,6 +330,11 @@
 		return ret;
 
  failed:
+	if (pdev->id_auto) {
+		ida_simple_remove(&platform_devid_ida, pdev->id);
+		pdev->id = PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO;
+	}
+
 	while (--i >= 0) {
 		struct resource *r = &pdev->resource[i];
 		unsigned long type = resource_type(r);
@@ -317,6 +343,7 @@
 			release_resource(r);
 	}
 
+ err_out:
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_add);
@@ -336,6 +363,11 @@
 	if (pdev) {
 		device_del(&pdev->dev);
 
+		if (pdev->id_auto) {
+			ida_simple_remove(&platform_devid_ida, pdev->id);
+			pdev->id = PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO;
+		}
+
 		for (i = 0; i < pdev->num_resources; i++) {
 			struct resource *r = &pdev->resource[i];
 			unsigned long type = resource_type(r);