diff --git a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
index cf172d50b5d3..810143a6aa33 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(notify_delay_ms,
 * is some wrong values returned by cpuid for number of thresholds.
 */
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRIPS	2
+/* Limit number of package temp zones */
+#define MAX_PKG_TEMP_ZONE_IDS	256
 
 struct phy_dev_entry {
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -401,6 +403,9 @@ static int pkg_temp_thermal_device_add(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!thres_count)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (topology_physical_package_id(cpu) > MAX_PKG_TEMP_ZONE_IDS)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	thres_count = clamp_val(thres_count, 0, MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRIPS);
 
 	err = get_tj_max(cpu, &tj_max);