diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_ring.c b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_ring.c
index 66d4ba088e70..d4f9b5d8d28d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_ring.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ irqreturn_t inv_mpu6050_read_fifo(int irq, void *p)
 	/* compute and process only all complete datum */
 	nb = fifo_count / bytes_per_datum;
 	fifo_count = nb * bytes_per_datum;
+	if (nb == 0)
+		goto end_session;
 	/* Each FIFO data contains all sensors, so same number for FIFO and sensor data */
 	fifo_period = NSEC_PER_SEC / INV_MPU6050_DIVIDER_TO_FIFO_RATE(st->chip_config.divider);
 	inv_sensors_timestamp_interrupt(&st->timestamp, fifo_period, nb, nb, pf->timestamp);