diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
index 189dbe94cf14..dc20bc73c6ed 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_debugfs.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ priority_bands_fops_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf, size_t
 	u32 band;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (size >= sizeof(buf))
+	if (*pos != 0 || size >= sizeof(buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, pos, user_buf, size);