diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/zynqmp/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/zynqmp/cpu.c
index bc77dd03c361a86e14ae57763b25782a907a7b70..14e7d40064944bc796e1c9cafe590f06b2d94841 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/zynqmp/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/zynqmp/cpu.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void zynqmp_pmufw_version(void)
 	       pm_api_version >> ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION_MAJOR_SHIFT,
 	       pm_api_version & ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION_MINOR_MASK);
 
-	if (pm_api_version != ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION)
+	if (pm_api_version < ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION)
 		panic("PMUFW version error. Expected: v%d.%d\n",
 		      ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION_MAJOR, ZYNQMP_PM_VERSION_MINOR);
 }