diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 8894b992043e04311ca30c7d1858e77d21404934..9c1f856842a3aebdcd0c9d1bc33efc530e0d7964 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -2180,6 +2180,8 @@ int regmap_raw_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, void *val,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (reg % map->reg_stride)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (val_count == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	map->lock(map->lock_arg);