diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/crashlog/crashlog.c b/src/soc/intel/common/block/crashlog/crashlog.c
index daa5b763cf..aa2a240ce8 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/crashlog/crashlog.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/crashlog/crashlog.c
@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ bool cl_copy_data_from_sram(u32 src_bar,
 	u32 src_addr = src_bar + offset;
 
 	u32 data =  read32((u32 *)src_addr);
+
+	/* First 32bits of the record must not be 0xdeadbeef */
+	if (data == INVALID_CRASHLOG_RECORD) {
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Invalid data 0x%x at offset 0x%x from addr 0x%x\n",
+				data, offset, src_bar);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/* PMC: copy if 1st DWORD in buffer is not zero and its 31st bit is not set */
 	if (pmc_sram && !(data && !(data & BIT(31)))) {
 		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Invalid data 0x%x at offset 0x%x from addr 0x%x"
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/common/block/include/intelblocks/crashlog.h b/src/soc/intel/common/block/include/intelblocks/crashlog.h
index 07dd5a2db0..cf9ddad553 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/common/block/include/intelblocks/crashlog.h
+++ b/src/soc/intel/common/block/include/intelblocks/crashlog.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #define CRASHLOG_SIZE_DEBUG_PURPOSE		0x640
 
+#define INVALID_CRASHLOG_RECORD			0xdeadbeef
+
 /* PMC crashlog discovery structs */
 typedef union {
 	struct {