.size = 16,
 };
 
-static u32 wled3_num_strings_values_fn(u32 idx)
-{
-       return idx + 1;
-}
-
-static const struct wled_var_cfg wled3_num_strings_cfg = {
-       .fn = wled3_num_strings_values_fn,
-       .size = 3,
-};
-
-static const struct wled_var_cfg wled4_num_strings_cfg = {
-       .fn = wled3_num_strings_values_fn,
-       .size = 4,
-};
-
 static u32 wled3_switch_freq_values_fn(u32 idx)
 {
        return 19200 / (2 * (1 + idx));
                        .val_ptr = &cfg->switch_freq,
                        .cfg = &wled3_switch_freq_cfg,
                },
-               {
-                       .name = "qcom,num-strings",
-                       .val_ptr = &cfg->num_strings,
-                       .cfg = &wled3_num_strings_cfg,
-               },
        };
 
        const struct wled_u32_opts wled4_opts[] = {
                        .val_ptr = &cfg->switch_freq,
                        .cfg = &wled3_switch_freq_cfg,
                },
-               {
-                       .name = "qcom,num-strings",
-                       .val_ptr = &cfg->num_strings,
-                       .cfg = &wled4_num_strings_cfg,
-               },
        };
 
        const struct wled_u32_opts wled5_opts[] = {
                        .val_ptr = &cfg->switch_freq,
                        .cfg = &wled3_switch_freq_cfg,
                },
-               {
-                       .name = "qcom,num-strings",
-                       .val_ptr = &cfg->num_strings,
-                       .cfg = &wled4_num_strings_cfg,
-               },
                {
                        .name = "qcom,modulator-sel",
                        .val_ptr = &cfg->mod_sel,
                        *bool_opts[i].val_ptr = true;
        }
 
-       cfg->num_strings = cfg->num_strings + 1;
-
        string_len = of_property_count_elems_of_size(dev->of_node,
                                                     "qcom,enabled-strings",
                                                     sizeof(u32));
                }
        }
 
+       rc = of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "qcom,num-strings", &val);
+       if (!rc) {
+               if (val < 1 || val > wled->max_string_count) {
+                       dev_err(dev, "qcom,num-strings must be between 1 and %d\n",
+                               wled->max_string_count);
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               if (string_len > 0 && val > string_len) {
+                       dev_err(dev, "qcom,num-strings exceeds qcom,enabled-strings\n");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               cfg->num_strings = val;
+       }
+
        return 0;
 }