diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index c629817a8854..9b2c0c773022 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ fd_execute_unmap(struct se_cmd *cmd, sector_t lba, sector_t nolb)
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!nolb) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (cmd->se_dev->dev_attrib.pi_prot_type) {
 		ret = fd_do_prot_unmap(cmd, lba, nolb);
 		if (ret)