diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 0ae46048f7248887b3ab334ac3feb9cf4b66ca10..cb2b708e4ea76fee6cd9ca494adeb655adc8daec 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4954,7 +4954,10 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 
 	spd.nr_pages = i;
 
-	ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+	if (i)
+		ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+	else
+		ret = 0;
 out:
 	splice_shrink_spd(&spd);
 	return ret;