diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
index d418449194eeebac7b8f38474e504771a3604a43..b97af8a722e750e645912ab0fc5500ae9c9dc0d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
@@ -679,6 +679,11 @@ int acpi_cppc_processor_probe(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	cpc_obj = &out_obj->package.elements[0];
 	if (cpc_obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)	{
 		num_ent = cpc_obj->integer.value;
+		if (num_ent <= 1) {
+			pr_debug("Unexpected _CPC NumEntries value (%d) for CPU:%d\n",
+				 num_ent, pr->id);
+			goto out_free;
+		}
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("Unexpected entry type(%d) for NumEntries\n",
 				cpc_obj->type);