diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 05aa3ac1381b..5c93582c71cc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ static unsigned long bch_mca_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 	 * IO can always make forward progress:
 	 */
 	nr /= c->btree_pages;
+	if (nr == 0)
+		nr = 1;
 	nr = min_t(unsigned long, nr, mca_can_free(c));
 
 	i = 0;