diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 13750a5e5ba0..9bd817427a34 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ smb2_get_name(const char *src, const int maxlen, struct nls_table *local_nls)
 		return name;
 	}
 
+	if (*name == '\0') {
+		kfree(name);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	if (*name == '\\') {
 		pr_err("not allow directory name included leading slash\n");
 		kfree(name);