diff --git a/hw/arm/stellaris.c b/hw/arm/stellaris.c
index f7e99baf62..5a3106e009 100644
--- a/hw/arm/stellaris.c
+++ b/hw/arm/stellaris.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,9 @@ static void stellaris_init(MachineState *ms, stellaris_board_info *board)
                                    qdev_get_child_bus(sddev, "sd-bus"),
                                    &error_fatal);
 
-            ssddev = ssi_create_peripheral(bus, "ssd0323");
+            ssddev = qdev_new("ssd0323");
+            qdev_prop_set_uint8(ssddev, "cs", 1);
+            qdev_realize_and_unref(ssddev, bus, &error_fatal);
 
             gpio_d_splitter = qdev_new(TYPE_SPLIT_IRQ);
             qdev_prop_set_uint32(gpio_d_splitter, "num-lines", 2);
diff --git a/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c b/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
index 3190cc0b8d..8dc2ea83a9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xilinx_zynq.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static inline int zynq_init_spi_flashes(uint32_t base_addr, qemu_irq irq,
                                         blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
                                         &error_fatal);
             }
+            qdev_prop_set_uint8(flash_dev, "cs", j);
             qdev_realize_and_unref(flash_dev, BUS(spi), &error_fatal);
 
             cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-versal-virt.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-versal-virt.c
index 1ee2b8697f..88c561ff63 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-versal-virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-versal-virt.c
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ static void versal_virt_init(MachineState *machine)
             qdev_prop_set_drive_err(flash_dev, "drive",
                                     blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
         }
+        qdev_prop_set_uint8(flash_dev, "cs", i);
         qdev_realize_and_unref(flash_dev, spi_bus, &error_fatal);
 
         cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
index 4c84bb932a..21483f75fd 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static void xlnx_zcu102_init(MachineState *machine)
             qdev_prop_set_drive_err(flash_dev, "drive",
                                     blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
         }
+        qdev_prop_set_uint8(flash_dev, "cs", i);
         qdev_realize_and_unref(flash_dev, spi_bus, &error_fatal);
 
         cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ static void xlnx_zcu102_init(MachineState *machine)
             qdev_prop_set_drive_err(flash_dev, "drive",
                                     blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo), &error_fatal);
         }
+        qdev_prop_set_uint8(flash_dev, "cs", i);
         qdev_realize_and_unref(flash_dev, spi_bus, &error_fatal);
 
         cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(flash_dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
diff --git a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
index babb053035..ea0fb68cf0 100644
--- a/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
+++ b/hw/microblaze/petalogix_ml605_mmu.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ petalogix_ml605_init(MachineState *machine)
                                         blk_by_legacy_dinfo(dinfo),
                                         &error_fatal);
             }
+            qdev_prop_set_uint8(dev, "cs", i);
             qdev_realize_and_unref(dev, BUS(spi), &error_fatal);
 
             cs_line = qdev_get_gpio_in_named(dev, SSI_GPIO_CS, 0);
diff --git a/hw/ssi/ssi.c b/hw/ssi/ssi.c
index 54ca3c34e9..1f3e540ab8 100644
--- a/hw/ssi/ssi.c
+++ b/hw/ssi/ssi.c
@@ -42,10 +42,31 @@ DeviceState *ssi_get_cs(SSIBus *bus, uint8_t cs_index)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static bool ssi_bus_check_address(BusState *b, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    SSIPeripheral *s = SSI_PERIPHERAL(dev);
+
+    if (ssi_get_cs(SSI_BUS(b), s->cs_index)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "CS index '0x%x' in use by a %s device", s->cs_index,
+                   object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void ssi_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    BusClass *k = BUS_CLASS(klass);
+
+    k->check_address = ssi_bus_check_address;
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo ssi_bus_info = {
     .name = TYPE_SSI_BUS,
     .parent = TYPE_BUS,
     .instance_size = sizeof(SSIBus),
+    .class_init = ssi_bus_class_init,
 };
 
 static void ssi_cs_default(void *opaque, int n, int level)