diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
index 5e4775a62f6cb25e888299662196b453f902f9b9..08c5179e6d846cdaacbe4207e29534d166e5dcc2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmaem.c
@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ static int aem_find_aem2(struct aem_ipmi_data *data,
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 	if (data->rx_result || data->rx_msg_len != sizeof(*fi_resp) ||
-	    memcmp(&fi_resp->id, &system_x_id, sizeof(system_x_id)))
+	    memcmp(&fi_resp->id, &system_x_id, sizeof(system_x_id)) ||
+	    fi_resp->num_instances <= instance_num)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	return 0;