diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index c966c05a0be92372b55d3309e22a1f43257b923a..00853065dfa0683dfd9f7bd705eba7867fd472b5 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -900,6 +900,12 @@ static int parse_taprio_schedule(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
 
 		list_for_each_entry(entry, &new->entries, list)
 			cycle = ktime_add_ns(cycle, entry->interval);
+
+		if (!cycle) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "'cycle_time' can never be 0");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		new->cycle_time = cycle;
 	}