diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 524d6d712e72..ab3bca4d5ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -2444,10 +2444,12 @@ int hid_add_device(struct hid_device *hdev)
 			hid_warn(hdev, "bad device descriptor (%d)\n", ret);
 	}
 
+	hdev->id = atomic_inc_return(&id);
+
 	/* XXX hack, any other cleaner solution after the driver core
 	 * is converted to allow more than 20 bytes as the device name? */
 	dev_set_name(&hdev->dev, "%04X:%04X:%04X.%04X", hdev->bus,
-		     hdev->vendor, hdev->product, atomic_inc_return(&id));
+		     hdev->vendor, hdev->product, hdev->id);
 
 	hid_debug_register(hdev, dev_name(&hdev->dev));
 	ret = device_add(&hdev->dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 256f34f49167..7818dbafab0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ struct hid_device {							/* device report descriptor */
 	struct list_head debug_list;
 	spinlock_t  debug_list_lock;
 	wait_queue_head_t debug_wait;
+
+	unsigned int id;						/* system unique id */
 };
 
 #define to_hid_device(pdev) \