diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 74c5bc934822b9782d877b716c10af03fc763c61..7d70d17a853add2540382d611d6004bdac709d09 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -2763,6 +2763,9 @@ static struct ib_uflow_resources *flow_resources_alloc(size_t num_specs)
 	if (!resources)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (!num_specs)
+		goto out;
+
 	resources->counters =
 		kcalloc(num_specs, sizeof(*resources->counters), GFP_KERNEL);
 	resources->collection =
@@ -2771,8 +2774,8 @@ static struct ib_uflow_resources *flow_resources_alloc(size_t num_specs)
 	if (!resources->counters || !resources->collection)
 		goto err;
 
+out:
 	resources->max = num_specs;
-
 	return resources;
 
 err: