diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.c
index 1810b62457bc..e7c00b679636 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.c
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ struct gb_bundle *gb_bundle_create(struct gb_interface *intf, u8 bundle_id,
 {
 	struct gb_bundle *bundle;
 
+	if (bundle_id == BUNDLE_ID_NONE) {
+		dev_err(&intf->dev, "can't use bundle id %u\n", bundle_id);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Reject any attempt to reuse a bundle id.  We initialize
 	 * these serially, so there's no need to worry about keeping
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.h
index 2dc61ab7495d..3895f94f43c4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/bundle.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+#define	BUNDLE_ID_NONE	U8_MAX
+
 /* Greybus "public" definitions" */
 struct gb_bundle {
 	struct device		dev;