diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t194/plat_psci_handlers.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t194/plat_psci_handlers.c
index 8f6e19f..e226372 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t194/plat_psci_handlers.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t194/plat_psci_handlers.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
 	switch (state_id) {
 	case PSTATE_ID_CORE_IDLE:
 
+		if (psci_get_pstate_type(power_state) != PSTATE_TYPE_STANDBY) {
+			ret = PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/* Core idle request */
 		req_state->pwr_domain_state[MPIDR_AFFLVL0] = PLAT_MAX_RET_STATE;
 		req_state->pwr_domain_state[MPIDR_AFFLVL1] = PSCI_LOCAL_STATE_RUN;