diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index c20124a6eb4964890e25edc50d0de2cacfd80bba..42221e785c47b9f52a51572214e41973a9b96cd0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	if (cmd == ND_CMD_CALL) {
 		call_pkg = buf;
 		func = call_pkg->nd_command;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(call_pkg->nd_reserved2); i++)
+			if (call_pkg->nd_reserved2[i])
+				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (nvdimm) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
index 66586ce23f1b176a984b8024ba2d3323f337fc07..baf283986a7ec38ea4f2562a43b36e31e1743f95 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -987,10 +987,6 @@ static int __nd_ioctl(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus, struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 		dev_dbg(dev, "%s:%s, idx: %llu, in: %u, out: %u, len %llu\n",
 				__func__, dimm_name, pkg.nd_command,
 				in_len, out_len, buf_len);
-
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pkg.nd_reserved2); i++)
-			if (pkg.nd_reserved2[i])
-				return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* process an output envelope */