diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 6c4c050e6b65..a50f880a5036 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -717,9 +717,11 @@ static int spi_map_buf(struct spi_master *master, struct device *dev,
 	if (vmalloced_buf) {
 		desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, PAGE_SIZE);
 		sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len + offset_in_page(buf), desc_len);
-	} else {
+	} else if (virt_addr_valid(buf)) {
 		desc_len = min_t(int, max_seg_size, master->max_dma_len);
 		sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, desc_len);
+	} else {
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, sgs, GFP_KERNEL);