diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
index e242ae0c1e16..5094715dd8bc 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ static int move_to_indirect(const struct vringh *vrh,
 	}
 
 	len = vringh32_to_cpu(vrh, desc->len);
-	if (unlikely(len % sizeof(struct vring_desc))) {
-		vringh_bad("Strange indirect len %u", desc->len);
+	if (unlikely(len < sizeof(struct vring_desc) ||
+		     len % sizeof(struct vring_desc))) {
+		vringh_bad("Invalid indirect len %u", desc->len);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}