diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 9f33e95d5741..d67a169ba2bb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -7187,7 +7187,7 @@ static int btf_struct_walk(struct bpf_verifier_log *log, const struct btf *btf,
 		if (btf_type_is_int(t))
 			return WALK_SCALAR;
 
-		if (!btf_type_is_struct(t))
+		if (!btf_type_is_struct(t) || !t->size)
 			goto error;
 
 		off = (off - moff) % t->size;