diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index c833addd94d7..f9f7310f0fdb 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ void __ref kmemleak_scan_area(const void *ptr, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	pr_debug("%s(0x%p)\n", __func__, ptr);
 
-	if (atomic_read(&kmemleak_enabled) && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
+	if (atomic_read(&kmemleak_enabled) && ptr && size && !IS_ERR(ptr))
 		add_scan_area((unsigned long)ptr, size, gfp);
 	else if (atomic_read(&kmemleak_early_log))
 		log_early(KMEMLEAK_SCAN_AREA, ptr, size, 0);