diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index dcc8a1d5851e..511aa5ceeaca 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static bool virtio_transport_can_zcopy(const struct virtio_transport *t_ops,
 		return false;
 
 	/* We can't send whole iov. */
-	if (iov_iter->count > pkt_len)
+	if (!iov_iter->count || iov_iter->count > pkt_len)
 		return false;
 
 	/* Check that transport can send data in zerocopy mode. */