diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 4cfb26152a58f5ccb90ff2433724f892c7347764..8df0ba0f63f47c58a36666c40950e5cff2e477d6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -540,9 +540,12 @@ static int sdhci_adma_table_pre(struct sdhci_host *host,
 
 		BUG_ON(len > 65536);
 
-		/* tran, valid */
-		sdhci_adma_write_desc(host, desc, addr, len, ADMA2_TRAN_VALID);
-		desc += host->desc_sz;
+		if (len) {
+			/* tran, valid */
+			sdhci_adma_write_desc(host, desc, addr, len,
+					      ADMA2_TRAN_VALID);
+			desc += host->desc_sz;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * If this triggers then we have a calculation bug