diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
index 6ccf879c0b75..408bacb7c77e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-capture.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct vimc_cap_device {
 	struct mutex lock;
 	u32 sequence;
 	struct vimc_stream stream;
+	char bus_info[32];
 };
 
 static const struct v4l2_pix_format fmt_default = {
@@ -55,10 +56,12 @@ struct vimc_cap_buffer {
 static int vimc_cap_querycap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 			     struct v4l2_capability *cap)
 {
+	struct vimc_cap_device *vcap = video_drvdata(file);
+
 	strscpy(cap->driver, VIMC_PDEV_NAME, sizeof(cap->driver));
 	strscpy(cap->card, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(cap->card));
-	snprintf(cap->bus_info, sizeof(cap->bus_info),
-		 "platform:%s", VIMC_PDEV_NAME);
+	strscpy(cap->bus_info, vcap->bus_info, sizeof(cap->bus_info));
+
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -456,6 +459,7 @@ struct vimc_ent_device *vimc_cap_add(struct vimc_device *vimc,
 	vcap->ved.vdev_get_format = vimc_cap_get_format;
 
 	vcap->dev = vimc->mdev.dev;
+	strscpy(vcap->bus_info, vimc->mdev.bus_info, sizeof(vcap->bus_info));
 
 	/* Initialize the video_device struct */
 	vdev = &vcap->vdev;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
index 5c7f451a7bf0..489b32f79b23 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ struct vimc_link {
  * struct vimc_device - main device for vimc driver
  *
  * @mdev	the associated media_device parent
+ * @idx		the index of the device, used for info_bus
  * @v4l2_dev	Internal v4l2 parent device
  * @ents	list of vimc_ent_device objects
  */
 struct vimc_device {
 	struct media_device mdev;
 	struct v4l2_device v4l2_dev;
+	unsigned int idx;
 
 	struct list_head ents;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-core.c
index 06a36cc1f00c..6065dd51438a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-core.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
 #include "vimc-configfs.h"
 
+#define VIMC_MAX_DEVS 64
+
+
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(used, VIMC_MAX_DEVS);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(vimc_dev_idx_lock);
 
 static struct vimc_ent_type ent_types[] = {
 	{
@@ -201,9 +206,20 @@ static int vimc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct vimc_platform_data_core *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct vimc_device *vimc;
 	int ret;
+	unsigned int idx;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "probe\n");
 
+	mutex_lock(&vimc_dev_idx_lock);
+	idx = find_first_zero_bit(used, VIMC_MAX_DEVS);
+	if (idx == VIMC_MAX_DEVS) {
+		mutex_unlock(&vimc_dev_idx_lock);
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "there are already %u devs which is the max allowed\n",
+			VIMC_MAX_DEVS);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	set_bit(idx, used);
+	mutex_unlock(&vimc_dev_idx_lock);
 	vimc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*vimc),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vimc)
@@ -211,6 +227,7 @@ static int vimc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	memset(&vimc->mdev, 0, sizeof(vimc->mdev));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vimc->ents);
+	vimc->idx = idx;
 
 	/* Link the media device within the v4l2_device */
 	vimc->v4l2_dev.mdev = &vimc->mdev;
@@ -219,7 +236,8 @@ static int vimc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	strscpy(vimc->mdev.model, VIMC_MDEV_MODEL_NAME,
 		sizeof(vimc->mdev.model));
 	snprintf(vimc->mdev.bus_info, sizeof(vimc->mdev.bus_info),
-		 "platform:%s", VIMC_PDEV_NAME);
+		 "platform:%s-%03u", VIMC_PDEV_NAME, idx);
+
 	vimc->mdev.dev = &pdev->dev;
 	media_device_init(&vimc->mdev);
 
@@ -234,6 +252,7 @@ static int vimc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct vimc_device *vimc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct vimc_platform_data_core *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	unsigned long idx = vimc->idx;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "remove\n");
 
@@ -242,6 +261,9 @@ static int vimc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	vimc_rm_subdevs(vimc, pdata);
 	v4l2_device_unregister(&vimc->v4l2_dev);
 
+	mutex_lock(&vimc_dev_idx_lock);
+	clear_bit(idx, used);
+	mutex_unlock(&vimc_dev_idx_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
