diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 0f320b4e82a8..3dfad70328eb 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,8 @@ static ssize_t iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
 	bi.bi_bvec_done = skip;
 
 	maxpages = want_pages_array(pages, maxsize, skip, maxpages);
+	if (!maxpages)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (bi.bi_size && bi.bi_idx < i->nr_segs) {
 		struct bio_vec bv = bvec_iter_bvec(i->bvec, bi);