diff --git a/include/linux/bvec.h b/include/linux/bvec.h
index 89b65b82d98f..8047c3ad77a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/bvec.h
+++ b/include/linux/bvec.h
@@ -88,10 +88,17 @@ static inline void bvec_iter_advance(const struct bio_vec *bv,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void bvec_iter_skip_zero_bvec(struct bvec_iter *iter)
+{
+	iter->bi_bvec_done = 0;
+	iter->bi_idx++;
+}
+
 #define for_each_bvec(bvl, bio_vec, iter, start)			\
 	for (iter = (start);						\
 	     (iter).bi_size &&						\
 		((bvl = bvec_iter_bvec((bio_vec), (iter))), 1);	\
-	     bvec_iter_advance((bio_vec), &(iter), (bvl).bv_len))
+	     (bvl).bv_len ? (void)bvec_iter_advance((bio_vec), &(iter),	\
+		     (bvl).bv_len) : bvec_iter_skip_zero_bvec(&(iter)))
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BVEC_ITER_H */