diff --git a/src/axi_id_serialize.sv b/src/axi_id_serialize.sv
index 9a787dd25..671b38ad1 100644
--- a/src/axi_id_serialize.sv
+++ b/src/axi_id_serialize.sv
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module axi_id_serialize #(
   /// Number of Entries in the explicit ID map (default: None)
   parameter int unsigned IdMapNumEntries = 32'd0,
   /// Explicit ID map; index [0] in each entry is the input ID to match, index [1] the output ID.
-  parameter int unsigned IdMap [IdMapNumEntries-1:0][0:1] = '{default: {32'b0, 32'b0}}
+  parameter int unsigned IdMap [axi_pkg::iomsb(IdMapNumEntries):0][0:1] = '{default: {32'b0, 32'b0}}
 ) (
   /// Rising-edge clock of both ports
   input  logic      clk_i,
diff --git a/src/axi_pkg.sv b/src/axi_pkg.sv
index 4102be0e8..6e6450bbd 100644
--- a/src/axi_pkg.sv
+++ b/src/axi_pkg.sv
@@ -532,4 +532,9 @@ package axi_pkg;
     logic [31:0] end_addr;
   } xbar_rule_32_t;
 
+  // Return either the argument minus 1 or 0 if 0; useful for IO vector width declaration
+  function automatic integer unsigned iomsb (input integer unsigned width);
+      return (width != 32'd0) ? unsigned'(width-1) : 32'd0;
+  endfunction
+
 endpackage