diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c b/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
index 252434c9ea9d..2290b1f4b41f 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int uio_dmem_genirq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		++uiomem;
 	}
 
-	priv->dmem_region_start = i;
+	priv->dmem_region_start = uiomem - &uioinfo->mem[0];
 	priv->num_dmem_regions = pdata->num_dynamic_regions;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->num_dynamic_regions; ++i) {