diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
index d4326ec12d29..6b583373c58a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ static int einj_error_inject(u32 type, u32 flags, u64 param1, u64 param2,
 				!= REGION_INTERSECTS) &&
 	     (region_intersects(base_addr, size, IORESOURCE_MEM, IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY)
 				!= REGION_INTERSECTS) &&
+	     (region_intersects(base_addr, size, IORESOURCE_MEM, IORES_DESC_SOFT_RESERVED)
+				!= REGION_INTERSECTS) &&
 	     !arch_is_platform_page(base_addr)))
 		return -EINVAL;