diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index de974322a197..b7c29a11c0c1 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/earlycpio.h>
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
@@ -577,6 +578,11 @@ void __init acpi_table_upgrade(void)
 	if (table_nr == 0)
 		return;
 
+	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_ACPI_TABLES)) {
+		pr_notice("kernel is locked down, ignoring table override\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	acpi_tables_addr =
 		memblock_find_in_range(0, ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE_MAX_PHYS,
 				       all_tables_size, PAGE_SIZE);