diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 6a84d85e0651..99caa8d28c25 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ ff_layout_alloc_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lh,
 			if (!p)
 				goto out_err_free;
 			fh_count = be32_to_cpup(p);
+			if (fh_count == 0) {
+				rc = -EINVAL;
+				goto out_err_free;
+			}
 
 			dss_info->fh_versions =
 			    kzalloc_objs(struct nfs_fh, fh_count, gfp_flags);