diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 3b94a6bba29f..2ffa7b0c62fd 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 	unsigned int spd_pages = spd->nr_pages;
 	int ret, do_wakeup, page_nr;
 
+	if (!spd_pages)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = 0;
 	do_wakeup = 0;
 	page_nr = 0;