An apparatus for preventing untimely braking, which apparatus is specially adapted to an electromechanical brake including at least one actuator having a pusher suitable for being moved by an electric motor controlled by a control module so as to press a stack of disks in controlled manner, The apparatus is provided with a power switch disposed on a power line for powering the electric motor of the actuator, the power switch being controlled by a control logic circuit that places the power switch by default in an open state, and that places the power switch in a closed state only in response to a braking confirmation signal not coming from the control module of the actuator and independent therefrom.