--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c	2016-12-11 12:17:54.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c	2017-03-28 10:44:07.033783941 -0600
@@ -84,8 +84,11 @@
 	struct ieee1284_info state;
 	struct ieee1284_info saved_state;
 	long default_inactivity;
+	int index;
 };
 
+ static DEFINE_IDA(ida_index);
+
 /* pp_struct.flags bitfields */
 #define PP_CLAIMED    (1<<0)
 #define PP_EXCL       (1<<1)
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@
 	struct pardevice *pdev = NULL;
 	char *name;
 	struct pardev_cb ppdev_cb;
+	int index;
 
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, CHRDEV "%x", minor);
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -299,20 +303,23 @@
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
+	index = ida_simple_get(&ida_index, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	memset(&ppdev_cb, 0, sizeof(ppdev_cb));
 	ppdev_cb.irq_func = pp_irq;
 	ppdev_cb.flags = (pp->flags & PP_EXCL) ? PARPORT_FLAG_EXCL : 0;
 	ppdev_cb.private = pp;
-	pdev = parport_register_dev_model(port, name, &ppdev_cb, minor);
+	pdev = parport_register_dev_model(port, name, &ppdev_cb, index);
 	parport_put_port(port);
 
 	if (!pdev) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: failed to register device!\n", name);
 		kfree(name);
+		ida_simple_remove(&ida_index, index);
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
 	pp->pdev = pdev;
+	pp->index = index;
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "registered pardevice\n");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -749,6 +756,7 @@
 
 	if (pp->pdev) {
 		parport_unregister_device(pp->pdev);
+		ida_simple_remove(&ida_index, pp->index);
 		pp->pdev = NULL;
 		pr_debug(CHRDEV "%x: unregistered pardevice\n", minor);
 	}