diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
index e3a1e7e7dba2..9e6cec67e1cc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ extern int pciehp_poll_mode;
 extern int pciehp_poll_time;
 extern int pciehp_debug;
 extern int pciehp_force;
-extern int pciehp_slot_with_bus;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *pciehp_wq;
 
 #define dbg(format, arg...)						\
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c
index 3677495c4f91..4fd5355bc3b5 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_core.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ int pciehp_debug;
 int pciehp_poll_mode;
 int pciehp_poll_time;
 int pciehp_force;
-int pciehp_slot_with_bus;
 struct workqueue_struct *pciehp_wq;
 
 #define DRIVER_VERSION	"0.4"
@@ -56,12 +55,10 @@ module_param(pciehp_debug, bool, 0644);
 module_param(pciehp_poll_mode, bool, 0644);
 module_param(pciehp_poll_time, int, 0644);
 module_param(pciehp_force, bool, 0644);
-module_param(pciehp_slot_with_bus, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pciehp_debug, "Debugging mode enabled or not");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pciehp_poll_mode, "Using polling mechanism for hot-plug events or not");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pciehp_poll_time, "Polling mechanism frequency, in seconds");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pciehp_force, "Force pciehp, even if _OSC and OSHP are missing");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(pciehp_slot_with_bus, "Use bus number in the slot name");
 
 #define PCIE_MODULE_NAME "pciehp"
 
@@ -194,6 +191,7 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 	struct slot *slot;
 	struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot;
 	struct hotplug_slot_info *info;
+	int len, dup = 1;
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(slot, &ctrl->slot_list, slot_list) {
@@ -220,15 +218,24 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl)
 		dbg("Registering bus=%x dev=%x hp_slot=%x sun=%x "
 		    "slot_device_offset=%x\n", slot->bus, slot->device,
 		    slot->hp_slot, slot->number, ctrl->slot_device_offset);
+duplicate_name:
 		retval = pci_hp_register(hotplug_slot,
 					 ctrl->pci_dev->subordinate,
 					 slot->device);
 		if (retval) {
+			/*
+			 * If slot N already exists, we'll try to create
+			 * slot N-1, N-2 ... N-M, until we overflow.
+			 */
+			if (retval == -EEXIST) {
+				len = snprintf(slot->name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE,
+					       "%d-%d", slot->number, dup++);
+				if (len < SLOT_NAME_SIZE)
+					goto duplicate_name;
+				else
+					err("duplicate slot name overflow\n");
+			}
 			err("pci_hp_register failed with error %d\n", retval);
-			if (retval == -EEXIST)
-				err("Failed to register slot because of name "
-				    "collision. Try \'pciehp_slot_with_bus\' "
-				    "module option.\n");
 			goto error_info;
 		}
 		/* create additional sysfs entries */
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
index ad27e9e225a6..ab31f5ba665d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
@@ -1030,15 +1030,6 @@ static void pcie_shutdown_notification(struct controller *ctrl)
 	pciehp_free_irq(ctrl);
 }
 
-static void make_slot_name(struct slot *slot)
-{
-	if (pciehp_slot_with_bus)
-		snprintf(slot->name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE, "%04d_%04d",
-			 slot->bus, slot->number);
-	else
-		snprintf(slot->name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE, "%d", slot->number);
-}
-
 static int pcie_init_slot(struct controller *ctrl)
 {
 	struct slot *slot;
@@ -1053,7 +1044,7 @@ static int pcie_init_slot(struct controller *ctrl)
 	slot->device = ctrl->slot_device_offset + slot->hp_slot;
 	slot->hpc_ops = ctrl->hpc_ops;
 	slot->number = ctrl->first_slot;
-	make_slot_name(slot);
+	snprintf(slot->name, SLOT_NAME_SIZE, "%d", slot->number);
 	mutex_init(&slot->lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&slot->work, pciehp_queue_pushbutton_work);
 	list_add(&slot->slot_list, &ctrl->slot_list);