slave->dev.parent = bus->dev;
        slave->dev.fwnode = fwnode;
 
-       /* name shall be sdw:link:mfg:part:class:unique */
-       dev_set_name(&slave->dev, "sdw:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x",
-                    bus->link_id, id->mfg_id, id->part_id,
-                    id->class_id, id->unique_id);
+       if (id->unique_id == SDW_IGNORED_UNIQUE_ID) {
+               /* name shall be sdw:link:mfg:part:class */
+               dev_set_name(&slave->dev, "sdw:%x:%x:%x:%x",
+                            bus->link_id, id->mfg_id, id->part_id,
+                            id->class_id);
+       } else {
+               /* name shall be sdw:link:mfg:part:class:unique */
+               dev_set_name(&slave->dev, "sdw:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x",
+                            bus->link_id, id->mfg_id, id->part_id,
+                            id->class_id, id->unique_id);
+       }
 
        slave->dev.release = sdw_slave_release;
        slave->dev.bus = &sdw_bus_type;
 int sdw_acpi_find_slaves(struct sdw_bus *bus)
 {
        struct acpi_device *adev, *parent;
+       struct acpi_device *adev2, *parent2;
 
        parent = ACPI_COMPANION(bus->dev);
        if (!parent) {
 
        list_for_each_entry(adev, &parent->children, node) {
                struct sdw_slave_id id;
+               struct sdw_slave_id id2;
+               bool ignore_unique_id = true;
 
                if (!find_slave(bus, adev, &id))
                        continue;
 
+               /* brute-force O(N^2) search for duplicates */
+               parent2 = parent;
+               list_for_each_entry(adev2, &parent2->children, node) {
+
+                       if (adev == adev2)
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (!find_slave(bus, adev2, &id2))
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (id.sdw_version != id2.sdw_version ||
+                           id.mfg_id != id2.mfg_id ||
+                           id.part_id != id2.part_id ||
+                           id.class_id != id2.class_id)
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (id.unique_id != id2.unique_id) {
+                               dev_dbg(bus->dev,
+                                       "Valid unique IDs %x %x for Slave mfg %x part %d\n",
+                                       id.unique_id, id2.unique_id,
+                                       id.mfg_id, id.part_id);
+                               ignore_unique_id = false;
+                       } else {
+                               dev_err(bus->dev,
+                                       "Invalid unique IDs %x %x for Slave mfg %x part %d\n",
+                                       id.unique_id, id2.unique_id,
+                                       id.mfg_id, id.part_id);
+                               return -ENODEV;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (ignore_unique_id)
+                       id.unique_id = SDW_IGNORED_UNIQUE_ID;
+
                /*
                 * don't error check for sdw_slave_add as we want to continue
                 * adding Slaves