diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-v2.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-v2.c
index d72953f2df23..198e55829226 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-v2.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-msm-v2.c
@@ -2330,6 +2330,12 @@ i2c_msm_frmwrk_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[], int num)
 	struct i2c_msm_ctrl      *ctrl = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
 	struct i2c_msm_xfer      *xfer = &ctrl->xfer;
 
+	if (num < 1) {
+		dev_err(ctrl->dev,
+		"error on number of msgs(%d) received\n", num);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(msgs)) {
 		dev_err(ctrl->dev, " error on msgs Accessing invalid  pointer location\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(msgs);