diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/cec-api.c b/drivers/media/cec/cec-api.c
index 19170b1073fa..391b6fd483e1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/cec-api.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/cec-api.c
@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ static long cec_adap_g_phys_addr(struct cec_adapter *adap,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int cec_validate_phys_addr(u16 phys_addr)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (phys_addr == CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID)
+		return 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i += 4)
+		if (phys_addr & (0xf << i))
+			break;
+	if (i == 16)
+		return 0;
+	for (i += 4; i < 16; i += 4)
+		if ((phys_addr & (0xf << i)) == 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static long cec_adap_s_phys_addr(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_fh *fh,
 				 bool block, __u16 __user *parg)
 {
@@ -112,7 +129,7 @@ static long cec_adap_s_phys_addr(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_fh *fh,
 	if (copy_from_user(&phys_addr, parg, sizeof(phys_addr)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	err = cec_phys_addr_validate(phys_addr, NULL, NULL);
+	err = cec_validate_phys_addr(phys_addr);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	mutex_lock(&adap->lock);