diff --git a/include/sbi/sbi_pmu.h b/include/sbi/sbi_pmu.h
index c0e25f5a..3fff4627 100644
--- a/include/sbi/sbi_pmu.h
+++ b/include/sbi/sbi_pmu.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int sbi_pmu_add_hw_event_counter_map(u32 eidx_start, u32 eidx_end, u32 cmap);
 
 int sbi_pmu_add_raw_event_counter_map(uint64_t select, uint64_t select_mask, u32 cmap);
 
-int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(uint32_t cidx, uint64_t *cval);
+int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(unsigned long cidx, uint64_t *cval, bool high_bits);
 
 int sbi_pmu_ctr_stop(unsigned long cidx_base, unsigned long cidx_mask,
 		     unsigned long flag);
diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_ecall_pmu.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_ecall_pmu.c
index 868e8665..41bb1624 100644
--- a/lib/sbi/sbi_ecall_pmu.c
+++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_ecall_pmu.c
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ static int sbi_ecall_pmu_handler(unsigned long extid, unsigned long funcid,
 
 		break;
 	case SBI_EXT_PMU_COUNTER_FW_READ:
-		ret = sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(regs->a0, &temp);
+		ret = sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(regs->a0, &temp, false);
 		out->value = temp;
 		break;
 	case SBI_EXT_PMU_COUNTER_FW_READ_HI:
+		ret = sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(regs->a0, &temp, true);
 #if __riscv_xlen == 32
-		ret = sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(regs->a0, &temp);
 		out->value = temp >> 32;
 #else
 		out->value = 0;
diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c
index 75038f91..ae00ad58 100644
--- a/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c
+++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_pmu.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static bool pmu_ctr_idx_validate(unsigned long cbase, unsigned long cmask)
 	return cmask && cbase + sbi_fls(cmask) < total_ctrs;
 }
 
-int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(uint32_t cidx, uint64_t *cval)
+int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(unsigned long cidx, uint64_t *cval, bool high_bits)
 {
 	int event_idx_type;
 	uint32_t event_code;
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ int sbi_pmu_ctr_fw_read(uint32_t cidx, uint64_t *cval)
 	if (unlikely(!phs))
 		return SBI_EINVAL;
 
+	if (cidx < num_hw_ctrs || cidx >= total_ctrs)
+		return SBI_EINVAL;
+
+#if __riscv_xlen > 32
+	if (high_bits)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
 	event_idx_type = pmu_ctr_validate(phs, cidx, &event_code);
 	if (event_idx_type != SBI_PMU_EVENT_TYPE_FW)
 		return SBI_EINVAL;