diff --git a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
index 33d951c..a28a903 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 /* PM utility functions */
 int arm_validate_power_state(unsigned int power_state,
 			    psci_power_state_t *req_state);
+int arm_validate_psci_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint);
 int arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint);
 void arm_system_pwr_domain_save(void);
 void arm_system_pwr_domain_resume(void);
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
index faeb1b7..0ab5b82 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 	.system_off = fvp_system_off,
 	.system_reset = fvp_system_reset,
 	.validate_power_state = fvp_validate_power_state,
-	.validate_ns_entrypoint = arm_validate_ns_entrypoint,
+	.validate_ns_entrypoint = arm_validate_psci_entrypoint,
 	.translate_power_state_by_mpidr = fvp_translate_power_state_by_mpidr,
 	.get_node_hw_state = fvp_node_hw_state,
 	.get_sys_suspend_power_state = fvp_get_sys_suspend_power_state,
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
index 5e7e047..44ac5b5 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  * ARM standard platform handler called to check the validity of the non secure
- * entrypoint.
+ * entrypoint. Returns 0 if the entrypoint is valid, or -1 otherwise.
  ******************************************************************************/
 int arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint)
 {
@@ -121,15 +121,23 @@
 	 * secure DRAM.
 	 */
 	if ((entrypoint >= ARM_NS_DRAM1_BASE) && (entrypoint <
-			(ARM_NS_DRAM1_BASE + ARM_NS_DRAM1_SIZE)))
-		return PSCI_E_SUCCESS;
+			(ARM_NS_DRAM1_BASE + ARM_NS_DRAM1_SIZE))) {
+		return 0;
+	}
 #ifndef AARCH32
 	if ((entrypoint >= ARM_DRAM2_BASE) && (entrypoint <
-			(ARM_DRAM2_BASE + ARM_DRAM2_SIZE)))
-		return PSCI_E_SUCCESS;
+			(ARM_DRAM2_BASE + ARM_DRAM2_SIZE))) {
+		return 0;
+	}
 #endif
 
-	return PSCI_E_INVALID_ADDRESS;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int arm_validate_psci_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint)
+{
+	return arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(entrypoint) == 0 ? PSCI_E_SUCCESS :
+		PSCI_E_INVALID_ADDRESS;
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
diff --git a/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c b/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
index 4104dd7..4a615e1 100644
--- a/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 	.system_off		= css_system_off,
 	.system_reset		= css_system_reset,
 	.validate_power_state	= css_validate_power_state,
-	.validate_ns_entrypoint = arm_validate_ns_entrypoint,
+	.validate_ns_entrypoint = arm_validate_psci_entrypoint,
 	.translate_power_state_by_mpidr = css_translate_power_state_by_mpidr,
 	.get_node_hw_state	= css_node_hw_state,
 	.get_sys_suspend_power_state = css_get_sys_suspend_power_state,