diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 9e498c77ed0e..a42eff7e8c48 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int __bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
 		/* if no digit is after '-', it's wrong*/
 		if (at_start && in_range)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!(a <= b) || !(used_size <= group_size))
+		if (!(a <= b) || group_size == 0 || !(used_size <= group_size))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (b >= nmaskbits)
 			return -ERANGE;
diff --git a/lib/test_bitmap.c b/lib/test_bitmap.c
index b3f235baa05d..413367cf569e 100644
--- a/lib/test_bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/test_bitmap.c
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ static const struct test_bitmap_parselist parselist_tests[] __initconst = {
 	{-EINVAL, "-1",	NULL, 8, 0},
 	{-EINVAL, "-0",	NULL, 8, 0},
 	{-EINVAL, "10-1", NULL, 8, 0},
+	{-EINVAL, "0-31:", NULL, 8, 0},
+	{-EINVAL, "0-31:0", NULL, 8, 0},
+	{-EINVAL, "0-31:0/0", NULL, 8, 0},
+	{-EINVAL, "0-31:1/0", NULL, 8, 0},
 	{-EINVAL, "0-31:10/1", NULL, 8, 0},
 };