1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index e0efc1adcaff..bd58703ee8f6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         stripes = simple_strtoul(argv[0], &end, 10);
-        if (*end) {
+        if (!stripes || *end) {
                 ti->error = "Invalid stripe count";
                 return -EINVAL;
         }