diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec_sys.c b/drivers/acpi/ec_sys.c
index bea8e425a8de..6c7dd7af789e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec_sys.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ static ssize_t acpi_ec_write_io(struct file *f, const char __user *buf,
 	loff_t init_off = *off;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!write_support)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (*off >= EC_SPACE_SIZE)
 		return 0;
 	if (*off + count >= EC_SPACE_SIZE) {