diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 3b8d237decbf..649caae2b603 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 		vif->wilc = *wilc;
 		vif->ndev = ndev;
 		wl->vif[i] = vif;
-		wl->vif_num = i;
-		vif->idx = wl->vif_num;
+		wl->vif_num = i + 1;
+		vif->idx = i;
 
 		ndev->netdev_ops = &wilc_netdev_ops;