diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 33b02505d110..dc6697cfae0c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -6504,6 +6504,14 @@ int btrfs_read_sys_array(struct btrfs_root *root)
 				goto out_short_read;
 
 			num_stripes = btrfs_chunk_num_stripes(sb, chunk);
+			if (!num_stripes) {
+				printk(KERN_ERR
+	    "BTRFS: invalid number of stripes %u in sys_array at offset %u\n",
+					num_stripes, cur_offset);
+				ret = -EIO;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			len = btrfs_chunk_item_size(num_stripes);
 			if (cur_offset + len > array_size)
 				goto out_short_read;