/* compare them in unit celsius degree */
        if (low < range->min / PP_TEMPERATURE_UNITS_PER_CENTIGRADES)
                low = range->min / PP_TEMPERATURE_UNITS_PER_CENTIGRADES;
-       if (high > tdp_table->usSoftwareShutdownTemp)
-               high = tdp_table->usSoftwareShutdownTemp;
+
+       /*
+        * As a common sense, usSoftwareShutdownTemp should be bigger
+        * than ThotspotLimit. For any invalid usSoftwareShutdownTemp,
+        * we will just use the max possible setting VEGA10_THERMAL_MAXIMUM_ALERT_TEMP
+        * to avoid false alarms.
+        */
+       if ((tdp_table->usSoftwareShutdownTemp >
+            range->hotspot_crit_max / PP_TEMPERATURE_UNITS_PER_CENTIGRADES)) {
+               if (high > tdp_table->usSoftwareShutdownTemp)
+                       high = tdp_table->usSoftwareShutdownTemp;
+       }
 
        if (low > high)
                return -EINVAL;