diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index 311a073afe8a..8cc137911b34 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ struct kvm_trace_rec {
 #ifdef __KVM_HAVE_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT
 #define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT 27
 #endif
+/* Another bug in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION fixed: */
+#define KVM_CAP_JOIN_MEMORY_REGIONS_WORKS 30
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 28d693a1ee8f..1ecbe2391c8b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 	for (i = 0; i < KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS; ++i) {
 		struct kvm_memory_slot *s = &kvm->memslots[i];
 
-		if (s == memslot)
+		if (s == memslot || !s->npages)
 			continue;
 		if (!((base_gfn + npages <= s->base_gfn) ||
 		      (base_gfn >= s->base_gfn + s->npages)))
@@ -1983,6 +1983,7 @@ static long kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension_generic(long arg)
 	switch (arg) {
 	case KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY:
 	case KVM_CAP_DESTROY_MEMORY_REGION_WORKS:
+	case KVM_CAP_JOIN_MEMORY_REGIONS_WORKS:
 		return 1;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
 	case KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING: