diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
index 07fe9bf45aea..cc11c036f2b1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-unwrap.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ int dma_fence_dedup_array(struct dma_fence **fences, int num_fences)
 {
 	int i, j;
 
+	if (!num_fences)
+		return 0;
+
 	sort(fences, num_fences, sizeof(*fences), fence_cmp, NULL);
 
 	/*