diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index 7de97c26b622..9c9eac2e1182 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ int ir_lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	const char *rx_type, *tx_type;
 	int err, minor;
 
-	minor = ida_simple_get(&lirc_ida, 0, RC_DEV_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	minor = ida_alloc_max(&lirc_ida, RC_DEV_MAX - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (minor < 0)
 		return minor;
 
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ int ir_lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 out_ida:
-	ida_simple_remove(&lirc_ida, minor);
+	ida_free(&lirc_ida, minor);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ void ir_lirc_unregister(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->lirc_fh_lock, flags);
 
 	cdev_device_del(&dev->lirc_cdev, &dev->lirc_dev);
-	ida_simple_remove(&lirc_ida, MINOR(dev->lirc_dev.devt));
+	ida_free(&lirc_ida, MINOR(dev->lirc_dev.devt));
 }
 
 int __init lirc_dev_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
index ee80f38970bc..e5cbe8c50ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ int rc_register_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	minor = ida_simple_get(&rc_ida, 0, RC_DEV_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	minor = ida_alloc_max(&rc_ida, RC_DEV_MAX - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (minor < 0)
 		return minor;
 
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ out_rx_free:
 out_raw:
 	ir_raw_event_free(dev);
 out_minor:
-	ida_simple_remove(&rc_ida, minor);
+	ida_free(&rc_ida, minor);
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rc_register_device);
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ void rc_unregister_device(struct rc_dev *dev)
 
 	device_del(&dev->dev);
 
-	ida_simple_remove(&rc_ida, dev->minor);
+	ida_free(&rc_ida, dev->minor);
 
 	if (!dev->managed_alloc)
 		rc_free_device(dev);