diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 3a9d0f5b5881..699a46d4c0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ static ssize_t ucma_process_join(struct ucma_file *file,
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	addr = (struct sockaddr *) &cmd->addr;
-	if (!cmd->addr_size || (cmd->addr_size != rdma_addr_size(addr)))
+	if (cmd->addr_size != rdma_addr_size(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cmd->join_flags == RDMA_MC_JOIN_FLAG_FULLMEMBER)
@@ -1417,6 +1417,9 @@ static ssize_t ucma_join_ip_multicast(struct ucma_file *file,
 	join_cmd.uid = cmd.uid;
 	join_cmd.id = cmd.id;
 	join_cmd.addr_size = rdma_addr_size((struct sockaddr *) &cmd.addr);
+	if (!join_cmd.addr_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	join_cmd.join_flags = RDMA_MC_JOIN_FLAG_FULLMEMBER;
 	memcpy(&join_cmd.addr, &cmd.addr, join_cmd.addr_size);
 
@@ -1432,6 +1435,9 @@ static ssize_t ucma_join_multicast(struct ucma_file *file,
 	if (copy_from_user(&cmd, inbuf, sizeof(cmd)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (!rdma_addr_size((struct sockaddr *)&cmd.addr))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return ucma_process_join(file, &cmd, out_len);
 }