diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index db7b50bba3f1..38ccd49b9bf6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,9 @@ static ssize_t psi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 	if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	if (!nbytes)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	buf_size = min(nbytes, sizeof(buf));
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, buf_size))
 		return -EFAULT;