diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 465f08ca62b1..3ba6a3859ce3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ int dm_table_create(struct dm_table **result, fmode_t mode,
 
 	num_targets = dm_round_up(num_targets, KEYS_PER_NODE);
 
+	if (!num_targets) {
+		kfree(t);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	if (alloc_targets(t, num_targets)) {
 		kfree(t);
 		return -ENOMEM;