diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 1dfbad947910..f1d9f0569d7f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -928,11 +928,11 @@ int drm_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	connector->dev = dev;
 	connector->funcs = funcs;
 
-	connector->connector_id = ida_simple_get(&config->connector_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (connector->connector_id < 0) {
-		ret = connector->connector_id;
+	ret = ida_simple_get(&config->connector_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_put;
-	}
+	connector->index = ret;
+	ret = 0;
 
 	connector->connector_type = connector_type;
 	connector->connector_type_id =
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ int drm_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 		ida_remove(connector_ida, connector->connector_type_id);
 out_put_id:
 	if (ret)
-		ida_remove(&config->connector_ida, connector->connector_id);
+		ida_remove(&config->connector_ida, connector->index);
 out_put:
 	if (ret)
 		drm_mode_object_unregister(dev, &connector->base);
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ void drm_connector_cleanup(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		   connector->connector_type_id);
 
 	ida_remove(&dev->mode_config.connector_ida,
-		   connector->connector_id);
+		   connector->index);
 
 	kfree(connector->display_info.bus_formats);
 	drm_mode_object_unregister(dev, &connector->base);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index f8ba5aab5d28..3edeaf88ebc0 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -1246,7 +1246,6 @@ struct drm_encoder {
  * @head: list management
  * @base: base KMS object
  * @name: human readable name, can be overwritten by the driver
- * @connector_id: compacted connector id useful indexing arrays
  * @connector_type: one of the %DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_<foo> types from drm_mode.h
  * @connector_type_id: index into connector type enum
  * @interlace_allowed: can this connector handle interlaced modes?
@@ -1303,7 +1302,15 @@ struct drm_connector {
 	struct drm_mode_object base;
 
 	char *name;
-	int connector_id;
+
+	/**
+	 * @index: Compacted connector index, which matches the position inside
+	 * the mode_config.list for drivers not supporting hot-add/removing. Can
+	 * be used as an array index. It is invariant over the lifetime of the
+	 * connector.
+	 */
+	unsigned index;
+
 	int connector_type;
 	int connector_type_id;
 	bool interlace_allowed;
@@ -2764,7 +2771,7 @@ void drm_connector_unregister(struct drm_connector *connector);
 extern void drm_connector_cleanup(struct drm_connector *connector);
 static inline unsigned drm_connector_index(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-	return connector->connector_id;
+	return connector->index;
 }
 
 extern __printf(5, 6)