diff --git a/certs/blacklist.c b/certs/blacklist.c
index 2719fb2fbc1c..a888b934a1cd 100644
--- a/certs/blacklist.c
+++ b/certs/blacklist.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int blacklist_vet_description(const char *desc)
 found_colon:
 	desc++;
 	for (; *desc; desc++) {
-		if (!isxdigit(*desc))
+		if (!isxdigit(*desc) || isupper(*desc))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		n++;
 	}