diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index b7c12a63d0ceb66166e8c2e4d3adc6ba1888d87a..6cdba5fc2beddf4e8b5c02ca3907a199bb09198c 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 		regs.len = reglen;
 
 	regbuf = vzalloc(reglen);
-	if (!regbuf)
+	if (reglen && !regbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ops->get_regs(dev, &regs, regbuf);
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ static int ethtool_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, char __user *useraddr)
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &regs, sizeof(regs)))
 		goto out;
 	useraddr += offsetof(struct ethtool_regs, data);
-	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, regbuf, regs.len))
+	if (regbuf && copy_to_user(useraddr, regbuf, regs.len))
 		goto out;
 	ret = 0;