diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index e1895952066e..7a8c3a004800 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ int io_provide_buffers_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe
 	p->nbufs = tmp;
 	p->addr = READ_ONCE(sqe->addr);
 	p->len = READ_ONCE(sqe->len);
+	if (!p->len)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (check_mul_overflow((unsigned long)p->len, (unsigned long)p->nbufs,
 				&size))