diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index a6dce01dbd5e..c4e780bdb385 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ int led_compose_name(struct device *dev, struct led_init_data *init_data,
 	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = init_data->fwnode;
 	const char *devicename = init_data->devicename;
 
+	/* We want to label LEDs that can produce full range of colors
+	 * as RGB, not multicolor */
+	BUG_ON(props.color == LED_COLOR_ID_MULTI);
+
 	if (!led_classdev_name)
 		return -EINVAL;