diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
index 1cb70976dbe7..73bdbd207e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ int cper_estatus_check(const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 	data_len = estatus->data_length;
 
 	apei_estatus_for_each_section(estatus, gdata) {
-		if (sizeof(struct acpi_hest_generic_data) > data_len)
+		if (acpi_hest_get_size(gdata) > data_len)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		record_size = acpi_hest_get_record_size(gdata);