diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index aaa6840ee05b..a59684b5fc68 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -213,13 +213,10 @@ static struct rpmsg_endpoint *__rpmsg_create_ept(struct virtproc_info *vrp,
 		struct rpmsg_channel *rpdev, rpmsg_rx_cb_t cb,
 		void *priv, u32 addr)
 {
-	int err, tmpaddr, request;
+	int id_min, id_max, id;
 	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
 	struct device *dev = rpdev ? &rpdev->dev : &vrp->vdev->dev;
 
-	if (!idr_pre_get(&vrp->endpoints, GFP_KERNEL))
-		return NULL;
-
 	ept = kzalloc(sizeof(*ept), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ept) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to kzalloc a new ept\n");
@@ -234,31 +231,28 @@ static struct rpmsg_endpoint *__rpmsg_create_ept(struct virtproc_info *vrp,
 	ept->priv = priv;
 
 	/* do we need to allocate a local address ? */
-	request = addr == RPMSG_ADDR_ANY ? RPMSG_RESERVED_ADDRESSES : addr;
+	if (addr == RPMSG_ADDR_ANY) {
+		id_min = RPMSG_RESERVED_ADDRESSES;
+		id_max = 0;
+	} else {
+		id_min = addr;
+		id_max = addr + 1;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&vrp->endpoints_lock);
 
 	/* bind the endpoint to an rpmsg address (and allocate one if needed) */
-	err = idr_get_new_above(&vrp->endpoints, ept, request, &tmpaddr);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "idr_get_new_above failed: %d\n", err);
+	id = idr_alloc(&vrp->endpoints, ept, id_min, id_max, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "idr_alloc failed: %d\n", id);
 		goto free_ept;
 	}
-
-	/* make sure the user's address request is fulfilled, if relevant */
-	if (addr != RPMSG_ADDR_ANY && tmpaddr != addr) {
-		dev_err(dev, "address 0x%x already in use\n", addr);
-		goto rem_idr;
-	}
-
-	ept->addr = tmpaddr;
+	ept->addr = id;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&vrp->endpoints_lock);
 
 	return ept;
 
-rem_idr:
-	idr_remove(&vrp->endpoints, request);
 free_ept:
 	mutex_unlock(&vrp->endpoints_lock);
 	kref_put(&ept->refcount, __ept_release);