diff --git a/arch/s390/crypto/aes_s390.c b/arch/s390/crypto/aes_s390.c
index 8ff7cb3da1cbac77c0b148145b71de92a9d09e77..2bc189187ed402fb5676709ee192d02ca8647dcd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/crypto/aes_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/crypto/aes_s390.c
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ static int xts_aes_encrypt(struct blkcipher_desc *desc,
 	struct s390_xts_ctx *xts_ctx = crypto_blkcipher_ctx(desc->tfm);
 	struct blkcipher_walk walk;
 
+	if (!nbytes)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (unlikely(!xts_ctx->fc))
 		return xts_fallback_encrypt(desc, dst, src, nbytes);
 
@@ -599,6 +602,9 @@ static int xts_aes_decrypt(struct blkcipher_desc *desc,
 	struct s390_xts_ctx *xts_ctx = crypto_blkcipher_ctx(desc->tfm);
 	struct blkcipher_walk walk;
 
+	if (!nbytes)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (unlikely(!xts_ctx->fc))
 		return xts_fallback_decrypt(desc, dst, src, nbytes);