diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
index 67d97c0090a2..5d72baf60ac8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ static bool matching_id(const char *idstr, const char *list_id)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	if (strlen(idstr) != strlen(list_id))
+		return false;
+
 	if (memcmp(idstr, list_id, 3))
 		return false;