diff --git a/security/apparmor/match.c b/security/apparmor/match.c
index 6ccd3734a841..43669403f755 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/match.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/match.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ static struct table_header *unpack_table(char *blob, size_t bsize)
 	      th.td_flags == YYTD_DATA8))
 		goto out;
 
+	/* if we have a table it must have some entries */
+	if (th.td_lolen == 0)
+		goto out;
 	tsize = table_size(th.td_lolen, th.td_flags);
 	if (bsize < tsize)
 		goto out;
@@ -198,6 +201,8 @@ static int verify_dfa(struct aa_dfa *dfa)
 
 	state_count = dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_BASE]->td_lolen;
 	trans_count = dfa->tables[YYTD_ID_NXT]->td_lolen;
+	if (state_count == 0)
+		goto out;
 	for (i = 0; i < state_count; i++) {
 		if (!(BASE_TABLE(dfa)[i] & MATCH_FLAG_DIFF_ENCODE) &&
 		    (DEFAULT_TABLE(dfa)[i] >= state_count))