diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
index 80a0c0e875909..7c50eddb8d3ca 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ svc_rdma_build_writes(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
 		offset += info->wi_seg_off;
 
 		write_len = min(remaining, length - info->wi_seg_off);
+		if (!write_len)
+			goto out_overflow;
 		ctxt = svc_rdma_get_rw_ctxt(rdma,
 					    (write_len >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2);
 		if (!ctxt)