diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index b19ba1b31484..2a66725a4d17 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static bool kmem_cache_is_duplicate_name(const char *name)
 
 static int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, unsigned int size)
 {
-	if (!name || in_interrupt() || size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
+	if (!name || in_interrupt() || !size || size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
 		pr_err("kmem_cache_create(%s) integrity check failed\n", name);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}