diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 14463e107918..1abddad2b7ae 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -816,6 +816,10 @@ __cld_pipe_inprogress_downcall(const struct cld_msg_v2 __user *cmsg,
 			ci = &cmsg->cm_u.cm_clntinfo;
 			if (get_user(namelen, &ci->cc_name.cn_len))
 				return -EFAULT;
+			if (!namelen) {
+				dprintk("%s: namelen should not be zero", __func__);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 			name.data = memdup_user(&ci->cc_name.cn_id, namelen);
 			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(name.data))
 				return -EFAULT;
@@ -838,6 +842,10 @@ __cld_pipe_inprogress_downcall(const struct cld_msg_v2 __user *cmsg,
 			cnm = &cmsg->cm_u.cm_name;
 			if (get_user(namelen, &cnm->cn_len))
 				return -EFAULT;
+			if (!namelen) {
+				dprintk("%s: namelen should not be zero", __func__);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 			name.data = memdup_user(&cnm->cn_id, namelen);
 			if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(name.data))
 				return -EFAULT;