diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/digitv.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/digitv.c
index 4e3b3c064bcfb0d91ed5308f1e079492f6f21697..e56efebd4f0a1a4b9fdf7264dfacf5554bdc8bdf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/digitv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/digitv.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ static int digitv_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap,struct i2c_msg msg[],int num
 		warn("more than 2 i2c messages at a time is not handled yet. TODO.");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		if (msg[i].len < 1) {
+			i = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			break;
+		}
 		/* write/read request */
 		if (i+1 < num && (msg[i+1].flags & I2C_M_RD)) {
 			if (digitv_ctrl_msg(d, USB_READ_COFDM, msg[i].buf[0], NULL, 0,