diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
index ce1ba1b93629..9419d6d1d8d2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -586,9 +586,12 @@ static void pvscsi_complete_request(struct pvscsi_adapter *adapter,
 			 * Commands like INQUIRY may transfer less data than
 			 * requested by the initiator via bufflen. Set residual
 			 * count to make upper layer aware of the actual amount
-			 * of data returned.
+			 * of data returned. There are cases when controller
+			 * returns zero dataLen with non zero data - do not set
+			 * residual count in that case.
 			 */
-			scsi_set_resid(cmd, scsi_bufflen(cmd) - e->dataLen);
+			if (e->dataLen && (e->dataLen < scsi_bufflen(cmd)))
+				scsi_set_resid(cmd, scsi_bufflen(cmd) - e->dataLen);
 			cmd->result = (DID_OK << 16);
 			break;