diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index e332b4d553593373229810bd7b7a7f08b4f55f13..955f0c4d358f81887e0559d23e8db5e801b3272e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ static ssize_t recomp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
 	while (*args) {
 		args = next_arg(args, &param, &val);
 
-		if (!*val)
+		if (!val || !*val)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (!strcmp(param, "algo")) {
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ static ssize_t recompress_store(struct device *dev,
 	while (*args) {
 		args = next_arg(args, &param, &val);
 
-		if (!*val)
+		if (!val || !*val)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (!strcmp(param, "type")) {