diff --git a/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/armada_thermal.c b/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/armada_thermal.c
index 776fb2482f5fa2e562c01eb5ace8b2ed52eb6f51..4f7191b5c0857b5d640c6483c05595f99b647619 100644
--- a/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/armada_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/armada_thermal.c
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ static void armada_is_valid(u_register_t *read)
 	*read = (mmio_read_32(TSEN_STATUS) & TSEN_STATUS_VALID_MASK);
 }
 
-int mvebu_dfx_handle(u_register_t func, u_register_t *read, u_register_t x2,
-		     u_register_t x3)
+int mvebu_dfx_thermal_handle(u_register_t func, u_register_t *read,
+			     u_register_t x2, u_register_t x3)
 {
 	debug_enter();
 
diff --git a/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/dfx.h b/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/dfx.h
index e60d2f9c5edfcca6b049c123fce7e3a928ee416e..52efbf9410dd319aeb362f7f41d3ae13065413d7 100644
--- a/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/dfx.h
+++ b/drivers/marvell/secure_dfx_access/dfx.h
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 #define MV_SIP_DFX_THERMAL_THRESH	5
 #define MV_SIP_DFX_THERMAL_SEL_CHANNEL	6
 
-int mvebu_dfx_handle(u_register_t func, u_register_t *read, u_register_t x2,
-		     u_register_t x3);
+int mvebu_dfx_thermal_handle(u_register_t func, u_register_t *read,
+			     u_register_t x2, u_register_t x3);
diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/common/mrvl_sip_svc.c b/plat/marvell/armada/common/mrvl_sip_svc.c
index bdf79b2112793fc7a54404cb090e122d4159e1e5..aa94393013850619b581aefd04d120a07bb8a3d9 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/common/mrvl_sip_svc.c
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/common/mrvl_sip_svc.c
@@ -139,8 +139,12 @@ uintptr_t mrvl_sip_smc_handler(uint32_t smc_fid,
 		SMC_RET1(handle, 0);
 #endif
 	case MV_SIP_DFX:
-		ret = mvebu_dfx_handle(x1, &read, x2, x3);
-		SMC_RET2(handle, ret, read);
+		if (x1 >= MV_SIP_DFX_THERMAL_INIT &&
+		    x1 <= MV_SIP_DFX_THERMAL_SEL_CHANNEL) {
+			ret = mvebu_dfx_thermal_handle(x1, &read, x2, x3);
+			SMC_RET2(handle, ret, read);
+		}
+		SMC_RET1(handle, SMC_UNK);
 	case MV_SIP_RNG_64:
 		ret = eip76_rng_get_random((uint8_t *)&w2, 4 * (x1 % 2 + 1));
 		SMC_RET3(handle, ret, w2[0], w2[1]);