diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index e3c19f30f591..2e05046f866b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
 
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spidev.h>
@@ -700,6 +701,43 @@ static const struct of_device_id spidev_dt_ids[] = {
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, spidev_dt_ids);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+
+/* Dummy SPI devices not to be used in production systems */
+#define SPIDEV_ACPI_DUMMY	1
+
+static const struct acpi_device_id spidev_acpi_ids[] = {
+	/*
+	 * The ACPI SPT000* devices are only meant for development and
+	 * testing. Systems used in production should have a proper ACPI
+	 * description of the connected peripheral and they should also use
+	 * a proper driver instead of poking directly to the SPI bus.
+	 */
+	{ "SPT0001", SPIDEV_ACPI_DUMMY },
+	{ "SPT0002", SPIDEV_ACPI_DUMMY },
+	{ "SPT0003", SPIDEV_ACPI_DUMMY },
+	{},
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, spidev_acpi_ids);
+
+static void spidev_probe_acpi(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	const struct acpi_device_id *id;
+
+	if (!has_acpi_companion(&spi->dev))
+		return;
+
+	id = acpi_match_device(spidev_acpi_ids, &spi->dev);
+	if (WARN_ON(!id))
+		return;
+
+	if (id->driver_data == SPIDEV_ACPI_DUMMY)
+		dev_warn(&spi->dev, "do not use this driver in production systems!\n");
+}
+#else
+static inline void spidev_probe_acpi(struct spi_device *spi) {}
+#endif
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static int spidev_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
@@ -719,6 +757,8 @@ static int spidev_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 			!of_match_device(spidev_dt_ids, &spi->dev));
 	}
 
+	spidev_probe_acpi(spi);
+
 	/* Allocate driver data */
 	spidev = kzalloc(sizeof(*spidev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!spidev)
@@ -789,6 +829,7 @@ static struct spi_driver spidev_spi_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name =		"spidev",
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(spidev_dt_ids),
+		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(spidev_acpi_ids),
 	},
 	.probe =	spidev_probe,
 	.remove =	spidev_remove,