diff --git a/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
index a32ce0ba42..efcf0def0b 100644
--- a/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usbdev/Kconfig
@@ -334,15 +334,19 @@ config CDCACM_IFNOBASE
 
 config CDCACM_STRBASE
 	int "Offset the CDC/ACM string numbers"
-	default 0
+	default 4
 	---help---
 		If the CDC driver is part of a composite device, then this may need to
 		be defined to offset the CDC/ACM string numbers so that they are
 		unique and contiguous.  When used with the Mass Storage driver, the
-		correct value for this offset is zero (this value actuallly only needs
+		correct value for this offset is four (this value actuallly only needs
 		to be defined if names are provided for the Notification interface,
 		config CDCACM_NOTIFSTR, or the data interface, CDCACM_DATAIFSTR).
 
+		The default of four accounts for strings IDs 0-3 used by the composite
+		descriptors.  Any additional CDC/ACM string descripts must then begin
+		with string index four.
+
 endif
 
 config CDCACM_EP0MAXPACKET
@@ -538,7 +542,7 @@ config USBMSC_IFNOBASE
 
 config USBMSC_STRBASE
 	int "Offset the mass storage string numbers"
-	default 2
+	default 4
 	depends on USBMSC_COMPOSITE
 	---help---
 		If the CDC driver is part of a composite device, then this may need to
@@ -547,6 +551,10 @@ config USBMSC_STRBASE
 		correct value for this offset is four (or perhaps 5 or 6, depending
 		on if CDCACM_NOTIFSTR or CDCACM_DATAIFSTR are defined).
 
+		String IDS 0-3 are used by the composite descriptors.  This amount
+		may need to be incremented to account for string IDs used by other
+		members of the composite.
+
 config USBMSC_EP0MAXPACKET
 	int "Max packet size for endpoint 0"
 	default 64
diff --git a/drivers/usbdev/cdcacm.h b/drivers/usbdev/cdcacm.h
index 9cbb6fe259..4b0803748a 100644
--- a/drivers/usbdev/cdcacm.h
+++ b/drivers/usbdev/cdcacm.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CDCACM_COMPOSITE) && !defined(CONFIG_CDCACM_STRBASE)
-#  define CONFIG_CDCACM_STRBASE    (0)
+#  define CONFIG_CDCACM_STRBASE    (4)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CDCACM_COMPOSITE) && !defined(CONFIG_COMPOSITE_IAD)