1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 9db93ff11c02..017eeb745ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -2837,10 +2837,10 @@ static int receive_SyncParam(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsi
 
         if (apv >= 88) {
                 if (apv == 88) {
-                        if (data_size > SHARED_SECRET_MAX) {
-                                dev_err(DEV, "verify-alg too long, "
-                                    "peer wants %u, accepting only %u byte\n",
-                                                data_size, SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
+                        if (data_size > SHARED_SECRET_MAX || data_size == 0) {
+                                dev_err(DEV, "verify-alg of wrong size, "
+                                        "peer wants %u, accepting only up to %u byte\n",
+                                        data_size, SHARED_SECRET_MAX);
                                 return false;
                         }