diff --git a/security/optee_linuxdriver/armtz/tee_tz_drv.c b/security/optee_linuxdriver/armtz/tee_tz_drv.c
index 56386a0521f3..fd6e069c2cb0 100644
--- a/security/optee_linuxdriver/armtz/tee_tz_drv.c
+++ b/security/optee_linuxdriver/armtz/tee_tz_drv.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 #include "tee_tz_priv.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+#include <asm/psci.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OUTER_CACHE
 #undef CONFIG_OUTER_CACHE
 #endif
@@ -1431,6 +1435,13 @@ static int __init tee_tz_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+	if (!psci_smp_available()) {
+		pr_info("tee: kernel is running in secure mode, tee service unavailable.\n");
+		return -EACCES;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	pr_info("TEE armv7 Driver initialization\n");
 
 #ifdef _TEE_DEBUG