diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index d4a586d8691e..5d5dbe47c228 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			unaligned = 1;
 			break;
 		}
+		if (!iov[i].iov_len)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (unaligned || (q->dma_pad_mask & len) || map_data)