diff --git a/drivers/media/media-entity.c b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
index a2d28162213e..f63be23e6ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-entity.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-entity.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static void dev_dbg_obj(const char *event_name,  struct media_gobj *gobj)
 	switch (media_type(gobj)) {
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY:
 		dev_dbg(gobj->mdev->dev,
-			"%s: id 0x%08x entity#%d: '%s'\n",
-			event_name, gobj->id, media_localid(gobj),
+			"%s id %u: entity '%s'\n",
+			event_name, media_id(gobj),
 			gobj_to_entity(gobj)->name);
 		break;
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_LINK:
@@ -115,14 +115,12 @@ static void dev_dbg_obj(const char *event_name,  struct media_gobj *gobj)
 		struct media_link *link = gobj_to_link(gobj);
 
 		dev_dbg(gobj->mdev->dev,
-			"%s: id 0x%08x link#%d: %s#%d ==> %s#%d\n",
-			event_name, gobj->id, media_localid(gobj),
-
-			gobj_type(media_type(link->gobj0)),
-			media_localid(link->gobj0),
-
-			gobj_type(media_type(link->gobj1)),
-			media_localid(link->gobj1));
+			"%s id %u: %s link id %u ==> id %u\n",
+			event_name, media_id(gobj),
+			media_type(link->gobj0) == MEDIA_GRAPH_PAD ?
+				"data" : "interface",
+			media_id(link->gobj0),
+			media_id(link->gobj1));
 		break;
 	}
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_PAD:
@@ -130,11 +128,10 @@ static void dev_dbg_obj(const char *event_name,  struct media_gobj *gobj)
 		struct media_pad *pad = gobj_to_pad(gobj);
 
 		dev_dbg(gobj->mdev->dev,
-			"%s: id 0x%08x %s%spad#%d: '%s':%d\n",
-			event_name, gobj->id,
-			pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK   ? "  sink " : "",
+			"%s id %u: %s%spad '%s':%d\n",
+			event_name, media_id(gobj),
+			pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK   ? "sink " : "",
 			pad->flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE ? "source " : "",
-			media_localid(gobj),
 			pad->entity->name, pad->index);
 		break;
 	}
@@ -144,8 +141,8 @@ static void dev_dbg_obj(const char *event_name,  struct media_gobj *gobj)
 		struct media_intf_devnode *devnode = intf_to_devnode(intf);
 
 		dev_dbg(gobj->mdev->dev,
-			"%s: id 0x%08x intf_devnode#%d: %s - major: %d, minor: %d\n",
-			event_name, gobj->id, media_localid(gobj),
+			"%s id %u: intf_devnode %s - major: %d, minor: %d\n",
+			event_name, media_id(gobj),
 			intf_type(intf),
 			devnode->major, devnode->minor);
 		break;
@@ -163,21 +160,19 @@ void media_gobj_create(struct media_device *mdev,
 	gobj->mdev = mdev;
 
 	/* Create a per-type unique object ID */
+	gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->id);
+
 	switch (type) {
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_ENTITY:
-		gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->entity_id);
 		list_add_tail(&gobj->list, &mdev->entities);
 		break;
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_PAD:
-		gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->pad_id);
 		list_add_tail(&gobj->list, &mdev->pads);
 		break;
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_LINK:
-		gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->link_id);
 		list_add_tail(&gobj->list, &mdev->links);
 		break;
 	case MEDIA_GRAPH_INTF_DEVNODE:
-		gobj->id = media_gobj_gen_id(type, ++mdev->intf_devnode_id);
 		list_add_tail(&gobj->list, &mdev->interfaces);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
index 0dc67f2c2d0a..d3855898c3fc 100644
--- a/include/media/media-device.h
+++ b/include/media/media-device.h
@@ -275,10 +275,7 @@ struct device;
  * @driver_version: Device driver version
  * @topology_version: Monotonic counter for storing the version of the graph
  *		topology. Should be incremented each time the topology changes.
- * @entity_id:	Unique ID used on the last entity registered
- * @pad_id:	Unique ID used on the last pad registered
- * @link_id:	Unique ID used on the last link registered
- * @intf_devnode_id: Unique ID used on the last interface devnode registered
+ * @id:		Unique ID used on the last registered graph object
  * @entity_internal_idx: Unique internal entity ID used by the graph traversal
  *		algorithms
  * @entity_internal_idx_max: Allocated internal entity indices
@@ -313,10 +310,7 @@ struct media_device {
 
 	u32 topology_version;
 
-	u32 entity_id;
-	u32 pad_id;
-	u32 link_id;
-	u32 intf_devnode_id;
+	u32 id;
 	struct ida entity_internal_idx;
 	int entity_internal_idx_max;
 
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index 855b47df6ed5..54be1496d542 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ enum media_gobj_type {
 };
 
 #define MEDIA_BITS_PER_TYPE		8
-#define MEDIA_BITS_PER_LOCAL_ID		(32 - MEDIA_BITS_PER_TYPE)
-#define MEDIA_LOCAL_ID_MASK		 GENMASK(MEDIA_BITS_PER_LOCAL_ID - 1, 0)
+#define MEDIA_BITS_PER_ID		(32 - MEDIA_BITS_PER_TYPE)
+#define MEDIA_ID_MASK			 GENMASK_ULL(MEDIA_BITS_PER_ID - 1, 0)
 
 /* Structs to represent the objects that belong to a media graph */
 
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ enum media_gobj_type {
  * @mdev:	Pointer to the struct media_device that owns the object
  * @id:		Non-zero object ID identifier. The ID should be unique
  *		inside a media_device, as it is composed by
- *		MEDIA_BITS_PER_TYPE to store the type plus
- *		MEDIA_BITS_PER_LOCAL_ID	to store a per-type ID
- *		(called as "local ID").
+ *		%MEDIA_BITS_PER_TYPE to store the type plus
+ *		%MEDIA_BITS_PER_ID to store the ID
  * @list:	List entry stored in one of the per-type mdev object lists
  *
  * All objects on the media graph should have this struct embedded
@@ -299,20 +298,20 @@ static inline u32 media_entity_id(struct media_entity *entity)
  */
 static inline enum media_gobj_type media_type(struct media_gobj *gobj)
 {
-	return gobj->id >> MEDIA_BITS_PER_LOCAL_ID;
+	return gobj->id >> MEDIA_BITS_PER_ID;
 }
 
-static inline u32 media_localid(struct media_gobj *gobj)
+static inline u32 media_id(struct media_gobj *gobj)
 {
-	return gobj->id & MEDIA_LOCAL_ID_MASK;
+	return gobj->id & MEDIA_ID_MASK;
 }
 
-static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum media_gobj_type type, u32 local_id)
+static inline u32 media_gobj_gen_id(enum media_gobj_type type, u64 local_id)
 {
 	u32 id;
 
-	id = type << MEDIA_BITS_PER_LOCAL_ID;
-	id |= local_id & MEDIA_LOCAL_ID_MASK;
+	id = type << MEDIA_BITS_PER_ID;
+	id |= local_id & MEDIA_ID_MASK;
 
 	return id;
 }