diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
index 2350e97a1662..87657e0ca5fc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
@@ -116,9 +116,12 @@ static int usb_string_copy(const char *s, char **s_copy)
 	int ret;
 	char *str;
 	char *copy = *s_copy;
+
 	ret = strlen(s);
 	if (ret > USB_MAX_STRING_LEN)
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
+	if (ret < 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (copy) {
 		str = copy;