diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
index 3c61c181a6fa..ad8aab551093 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ static unsigned long arena_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long ad
 	ret = mm_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len * 2, 0, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(ret))
 		return ret;
+	if (!ret)
+		/* user_vm_start == 0 means that the user range is not set yet */
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if ((ret >> 32) == ((ret + len - 1) >> 32))
 		return ret;
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(arena->user_vm_start))