diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
index d51ea1c052f2..6bb69a4e6470 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ 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;