diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 4b489d14a6808ebdf577ce206c589cb06fe9eb1f..925dbc751322a647518a882856749977e1e70d36 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2540,7 +2540,10 @@ static int ars_start(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
-	return cmd_rc;
+	if (cmd_rc < 0)
+		return cmd_rc;
+	set_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ars_continue(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
@@ -2633,6 +2636,17 @@ static int ars_status_process_records(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 	 */
 	if (ars_status->out_length < 44)
 		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ignore potentially stale results that are only refreshed
+	 * after a start-ARS event.
+	 */
+	if (!test_and_clear_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags)) {
+		dev_dbg(acpi_desc->dev, "skip %d stale records\n",
+				ars_status->num_records);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ars_status->num_records; i++) {
 		/* only process full records */
 		if (ars_status->out_length
@@ -3117,6 +3131,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_regions(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 	struct nfit_spa *nfit_spa;
 	int rc;
 
+	set_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(nfit_spa, &acpi_desc->spas, list) {
 		switch (nfit_spa_type(nfit_spa->spa)) {
 		case NFIT_SPA_VOLATILE:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
index b5fd3522abc71626b2d8cfade939ed46266ad5aa..68848fc4b7c918e527e148f36156b62d9f958b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct nfit_mem {
 enum scrub_flags {
 	ARS_BUSY,
 	ARS_CANCEL,
+	ARS_VALID,
 	ARS_POLL,
 };