diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
index 3d09e3f6bd43..ede2745838c8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address *table_address)
 
 	/* EBDA present? */
 
-	if (physical_address > 0x400) {
+	/*
+	 * Check that the EBDA pointer from memory is sane and does not point
+	 * above valid low memory
+	 */
+	if (physical_address > 0x400 && physical_address < 0xA0000) {
 		/*
 		 * 1b) Search EBDA paragraphs (EBDA is required to be a
 		 *     minimum of 1K length)