diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index d6bacc878500..6cd3edb2eaf6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -635,12 +635,18 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (!config->no_of_node)
 		nvmem->dev.of_node = config->dev->of_node;
 
-	if (config->id == -1 && config->name) {
+	switch (config->id) {
+	case NVMEM_DEVID_NONE:
 		dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s", config->name);
-	} else {
+		break;
+	case NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO:
+		dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s%d", config->name, nvmem->id);
+		break;
+	default:
 		dev_set_name(&nvmem->dev, "%s%d",
 			     config->name ? : "nvmem",
 			     config->name ? config->id : nvmem->id);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	nvmem->read_only = device_property_present(config->dev, "read-only") ||
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
index 6d6f8e5d24c9..06409a6c40bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ enum nvmem_type {
 	NVMEM_TYPE_BATTERY_BACKED,
 };
 
+#define NVMEM_DEVID_NONE	(-1)
+#define NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO	(-2)
+
 /**
  * struct nvmem_config - NVMEM device configuration
  *