diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index c9ae189..dafad89 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 /* The I2C_RDWR ioctl code is written by Kolja Waschk <waschk@telos.de> */
 
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/compat.h>
 
 /*
  * An i2c_dev represents an i2c_adapter ... an I2C or SMBus master, not a
@@ -536,6 +536,9 @@
 				   sizeof(rdwr_arg)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
+		if (!rdwr_arg.msgs || rdwr_arg.nmsgs == 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (rdwr_arg.nmsgs > I2C_RDWR_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -767,8 +770,8 @@
 	unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(I2C_MAJOR, 0), I2C_MINORS);
 }
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> and "
-		"Simon G. Vogl <simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Simon G. Vogl <simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C /dev entries driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");