diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-altera-dfl.c b/drivers/spi/spi-altera-dfl.c
index 39a3e1a032e04..59a5b42c71226 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-altera-dfl.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-altera-dfl.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int dfl_spi_altera_probe(struct dfl_device *dfl_dev)
 	if (!master)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	master->bus_num = dfl_dev->id;
+	master->bus_num = -1;
 
 	hw = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-altera-platform.c b/drivers/spi/spi-altera-platform.c
index f7a7c14e36790..65147aae82a1a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-altera-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-altera-platform.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int altera_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return err;
 
 	/* setup the master state. */
-	master->bus_num = pdev->id;
+	master->bus_num = -1;
 
 	if (pdata) {
 		if (pdata->num_chipselect > ALTERA_SPI_MAX_CS) {