ucm_dev = container_of(dev, struct ib_ucm_device, dev);
        cdev_del(&ucm_dev->cdev);
-       clear_bit(ucm_dev->devnum, dev_map);
+       if (ucm_dev->devnum < IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES)
+               clear_bit(ucm_dev->devnum, dev_map);
+       else
+               clear_bit(ucm_dev->devnum - IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES, dev_map);
        kfree(ucm_dev);
 }
 
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ibdev, S_IRUGO, show_ibdev, NULL);
 
+static dev_t overflow_maj;
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(overflow_map, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES);
+static int find_overflow_devnum(void)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!overflow_maj) {
+               ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&overflow_maj, 0, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES,
+                                         "infiniband_cm");
+               if (ret) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "ucm: couldn't register dynamic device number\n");
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+
+       ret = find_first_zero_bit(overflow_map, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES);
+       if (ret >= IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES)
+               return -1;
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static void ib_ucm_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
 {
        int devnum;
        ucm_dev->ib_dev = device;
 
        devnum = find_first_zero_bit(dev_map, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES);
-       if (devnum >= IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES)
-               goto err;
-
-       ucm_dev->devnum = devnum;
-       base = devnum + IB_UCM_BASE_DEV;
-       set_bit(devnum, dev_map);
+       if (devnum >= IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES) {
+               devnum = find_overflow_devnum();
+               if (devnum < 0)
+                       goto err;
+
+               ucm_dev->devnum = devnum + IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES;
+               base = devnum + overflow_maj;
+               set_bit(devnum, overflow_map);
+       } else {
+               ucm_dev->devnum = devnum;
+               base = devnum + IB_UCM_BASE_DEV;
+               set_bit(devnum, dev_map);
+       }
 
        cdev_init(&ucm_dev->cdev, &ucm_fops);
        ucm_dev->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
        device_unregister(&ucm_dev->dev);
 err_cdev:
        cdev_del(&ucm_dev->cdev);
-       clear_bit(devnum, dev_map);
+       if (ucm_dev->devnum < IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES)
+               clear_bit(devnum, dev_map);
+       else
+               clear_bit(devnum, overflow_map);
 err:
        kfree(ucm_dev);
        return;
        ib_unregister_client(&ucm_client);
        class_remove_file(&cm_class, &class_attr_abi_version);
        unregister_chrdev_region(IB_UCM_BASE_DEV, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES);
+       if (overflow_maj)
+               unregister_chrdev_region(overflow_maj, IB_UCM_MAX_DEVICES);
        idr_destroy(&ctx_id_table);
 }