diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
index 8c014b5dab4c..9ac4068d2088 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 	if (dmasync)
 		dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER, &attrs);
 
+	if (!size)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	/*
 	 * If the combination of the addr and size requested for this memory
 	 * region causes an integer overflow, return error.