diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
index dfefe0d8aa95..45427a3a3a25 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void cio2_bridge_create_connection_swnodes(struct cio2_bridge *bridge,
 						  struct cio2_sensor *sensor)
 {
 	struct software_node *nodes = sensor->swnodes;
+	char vcm_name[ACPI_ID_LEN + 4];
 
 	cio2_bridge_init_swnode_names(sensor);
 
@@ -229,9 +230,13 @@ static void cio2_bridge_create_connection_swnodes(struct cio2_bridge *bridge,
 						sensor->node_names.endpoint,
 						&nodes[SWNODE_CIO2_PORT],
 						sensor->cio2_properties);
-	if (sensor->ssdb.vcmtype)
-		nodes[SWNODE_VCM] =
-			NODE_VCM(cio2_vcm_types[sensor->ssdb.vcmtype - 1]);
+	if (sensor->ssdb.vcmtype) {
+		/* append ssdb.link to distinguish VCM nodes with same HID */
+		snprintf(vcm_name, sizeof(vcm_name), "%s-%u",
+			 cio2_vcm_types[sensor->ssdb.vcmtype - 1],
+			 sensor->ssdb.link);
+		nodes[SWNODE_VCM] = NODE_VCM(vcm_name);
+	}
 
 	cio2_bridge_init_swnode_group(sensor);
 }
@@ -295,7 +300,6 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 		}
 
 		sensor = &bridge->sensors[bridge->n_sensors];
-		strscpy(sensor->name, cfg->hid, sizeof(sensor->name));
 
 		ret = cio2_bridge_read_acpi_buffer(adev, "SSDB",
 						   &sensor->ssdb,
@@ -303,6 +307,9 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_put_adev;
 
+		snprintf(sensor->name, sizeof(sensor->name), "%s-%u",
+			 cfg->hid, sensor->ssdb.link);
+
 		if (sensor->ssdb.vcmtype > ARRAY_SIZE(cio2_vcm_types)) {
 			dev_warn(&adev->dev, "Unknown VCM type %d\n",
 				 sensor->ssdb.vcmtype);
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
index b93b749c65bd..b76ed8a641e2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ struct cio2_sensor_config {
 };
 
 struct cio2_sensor {
-	char name[ACPI_ID_LEN];
+	/* append ssdb.link(u8) in "-%u" format as suffix of HID */
+	char name[ACPI_ID_LEN + 4];
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
 	struct i2c_client *vcm_i2c_client;