diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
index 465c885938ee..cf29df69380b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(error_inject_fops, NULL,
 
 static int einj_check_table(struct acpi_table_einj *einj_tab)
 {
-	if (einj_tab->header_length != sizeof(struct acpi_table_einj))
+	if ((einj_tab->header_length !=
+	     (sizeof(struct acpi_table_einj) - sizeof(einj_tab->header)))
+	    && (einj_tab->header_length != sizeof(struct acpi_table_einj)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (einj_tab->header.length < sizeof(struct acpi_table_einj))
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
index 18645f4e83cd..10cc1928ec23 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c
@@ -750,7 +750,9 @@ __setup("erst_disable", setup_erst_disable);
 
 static int erst_check_table(struct acpi_table_erst *erst_tab)
 {
-	if (erst_tab->header_length != sizeof(struct acpi_table_erst))
+	if ((erst_tab->header_length !=
+	     (sizeof(struct acpi_table_erst) - sizeof(erst_tab->header)))
+	    && (erst_tab->header_length != sizeof(struct acpi_table_einj)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (erst_tab->header.length < sizeof(struct acpi_table_erst))
 		return -EINVAL;