diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 4920ea1ece38a9b6b71c0d724290726fefcf1acf..e0363223996e609640d5c99d1583fe361173803e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ static int mmc_blk_ioctl_multi_cmd(struct block_device *bdev,
 			   sizeof(num_of_cmds)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (!num_of_cmds)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (num_of_cmds > MMC_IOC_MAX_CMDS)
 		return -EINVAL;