1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
index 7ddd5a69352a..bbac87a13d57 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ static void ata_fill_sg(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
         unsigned int idx;
 
         assert(qc->__sg != NULL);
-        assert(qc->n_elem > 0);
+        assert(qc->n_elem > 0 || qc->pad_len > 0);
 
         idx = 0;
         ata_for_each_sg(sg, qc) {