diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index 8d4dc6250c58..fd4907a2968c 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ need pass only as many optional fields as necessary:
 	o class and classmask fields default to 0
 	o driver_data defaults to 0UL.
 
+Note that driver_data must match the value used by any of the pci_device_id
+entries defined in the driver. This makes the driver_data field mandatory
+if all the pci_device_id entries have a non-zero driver_data value.
+
 Once added, the driver probe routine will be invoked for any unclaimed
 PCI devices listed in its (newly updated) pci_ids list.
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
index a3542b053c8e..424dad6f18d8 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@ static int __devinit amd756_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	int error;
 	u8 temp;
 	
-	/* driver_data might come from user-space, so check it */
-	if (id->driver_data >= ARRAY_SIZE(chipname))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (amd756_ioport) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Only one device supported "
 		       "(you have a strange motherboard, btw)\n");
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
index 2324780484c0..9f194d9efd91 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@ static int __devinit vt596_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	unsigned char temp;
 	int error = -ENODEV;
 
-	/* driver_data might come from user-space, so check it */
-	if (id->driver_data & 1 || id->driver_data > 0xff)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* Determine the address of the SMBus areas */
 	if (force_addr) {
 		vt596_smba = force_addr & 0xfff0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 4940a53c56a3..b4cdd690ae71 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -43,18 +43,32 @@ store_new_id(struct device_driver *driver, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct pci_dynid *dynid;
 	struct pci_driver *pdrv = to_pci_driver(driver);
+	const struct pci_device_id *ids = pdrv->id_table;
 	__u32 vendor, device, subvendor=PCI_ANY_ID,
 		subdevice=PCI_ANY_ID, class=0, class_mask=0;
 	unsigned long driver_data=0;
 	int fields=0;
-	int retval = 0;
+	int retval;
 
-	fields = sscanf(buf, "%x %x %x %x %x %x %lux",
+	fields = sscanf(buf, "%x %x %x %x %x %x %lx",
 			&vendor, &device, &subvendor, &subdevice,
 			&class, &class_mask, &driver_data);
 	if (fields < 2)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Only accept driver_data values that match an existing id_table
+	   entry */
+	retval = -EINVAL;
+	while (ids->vendor || ids->subvendor || ids->class_mask) {
+		if (driver_data == ids->driver_data) {
+			retval = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		ids++;
+	}
+	if (retval)	/* No match */
+		return retval;
+
 	dynid = kzalloc(sizeof(*dynid), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dynid)
 		return -ENOMEM;