diff --git a/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.cpp b/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.cpp
index 996b6ef..61bbbf8 100644
--- a/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.cpp
+++ b/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@
 
 Return<Result> Frontend::setLnb(uint32_t /* lnb */) {
     ALOGV("%s", __FUNCTION__);
-
+    if (!supportsSatellite()) {
+        return Result::INVALID_STATE;
+    }
     return Result::SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -270,6 +272,10 @@
     return FRONTEND_STREAM_FILE;
 }
 
+bool Frontend::supportsSatellite() {
+    return mType == FrontendType::DVBS || mType == FrontendType::ISDBS ||
+           mType == FrontendType::ISDBS3;
+}
 }  // namespace implementation
 }  // namespace V1_0
 }  // namespace tuner
diff --git a/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.h b/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.h
index 65537d7..c0d1613 100644
--- a/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.h
+++ b/tv/tuner/1.0/default/Frontend.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 
   private:
     virtual ~Frontend();
+    bool supportsSatellite();
     sp<IFrontendCallback> mCallback;
     sp<Tuner> mTunerService;
     FrontendType mType = FrontendType::UNDEFINED;