diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_algs.c
index f2e2f158cfbe..699ccf44e9bb 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_algs.c
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ static int qat_alg_sgl_to_bufl(struct qat_crypto_instance *inst,
 		goto err;
 
 	for_each_sg(assoc, sg, assoc_n, i) {
+		if (!sg->length)
+			continue;
 		bufl->bufers[bufs].addr = dma_map_single(dev,
 							 sg_virt(sg),
 							 sg->length,