diff --git a/fs/squashfs/block.c b/fs/squashfs/block.c
index 581ce9519339018d005137caf72295aaeb16b797..2dc730800f448d8cb44f2d5c4e625e607d1faf2f 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/block.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/block.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, u64 index, int length,
 		TRACE("Block @ 0x%llx, %scompressed size %d\n", index - 2,
 		      compressed ? "" : "un", length);
 	}
-	if (length < 0 || length > output->length ||
+	if (length <= 0 || length > output->length ||
 			(index + length) > msblk->bytes_used) {
 		res = -EIO;
 		goto out;