diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
index 113ad84cdd9469..e99a7ad09886e1 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-mlxcpld.c
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ static int mlxcpld_mux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct mlxcpld_mux_plat_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(pdev->dev.parent);
 	struct i2c_mux_core *muxc;
-	int num, force;
 	struct mlxcpld_mux *data;
-	int err;
+	int num, err;
 
 	if (!pdata)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -130,9 +129,7 @@ static int mlxcpld_mux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			/* discard unconfigured channels */
 			break;
 
-		force = pdata->adap_ids[num];
-
-		err = i2c_mux_add_adapter(muxc, force, num, 0);
+		err = i2c_mux_add_adapter(muxc, 0, pdata->chan_ids[num], 0);
 		if (err)
 			goto virt_reg_failed;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/mlxcpld.h b/include/linux/platform_data/mlxcpld.h
index e6c18bf017dda5..04d93c563c04c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/mlxcpld.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/mlxcpld.h
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 /* Platform data for the CPLD I2C multiplexers */
 
 /* mlxcpld_mux_plat_data - per mux data, used with i2c_register_board_info
- * @adap_ids - adapter array
+ * @chan_ids - channels array
  * @num_adaps - number of adapters
  * @sel_reg_addr - mux select register offset in CPLD space
  */
 struct mlxcpld_mux_plat_data {
-	int *adap_ids;
+	int *chan_ids;
 	int num_adaps;
 	int sel_reg_addr;
 };