diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 8ac4ca443914..7832e6421d25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -495,8 +495,9 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if ((submit_cmd.size + submit_cmd.submit_offset) >=
-				msm_obj->base.size) {
+		if (!submit_cmd.size ||
+			((submit_cmd.size + submit_cmd.submit_offset) >
+				msm_obj->base.size)) {
 			DRM_ERROR("invalid cmdstream size: %u\n", submit_cmd.size);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;