diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 08801065f848..ab7487130cb8 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1070,17 +1070,22 @@ static int ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 
 	gstrings.len = ret;
 
-	data = kcalloc(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
-	if (!data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (gstrings.len) {
+		data = kcalloc(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN, GFP_USER);
+		if (!data)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
-	__ethtool_get_strings(dev, gstrings.string_set, data);
+		__ethtool_get_strings(dev, gstrings.string_set, data);
+	} else {
+		data = NULL;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &gstrings, sizeof(gstrings)))
 		goto out;
 	useraddr += sizeof(gstrings);
-	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, data, gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN))
+	if (gstrings.len &&
+	    copy_to_user(useraddr, data, gstrings.len * ETH_GSTRING_LEN))
 		goto out;
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -1168,17 +1173,21 @@ static int ethtool_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	stats.n_stats = n_stats;
-	data = kmalloc(n_stats * sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
-	if (!data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (n_stats) {
+		data = kmalloc(n_stats * sizeof(u64), GFP_USER);
+		if (!data)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+		ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+	} else {
+		data = NULL;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &stats, sizeof(stats)))
 		goto out;
 	useraddr += sizeof(stats);
-	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, data, stats.n_stats * sizeof(u64)))
+	if (n_stats && copy_to_user(useraddr, data, n_stats * sizeof(u64)))
 		goto out;
 	ret = 0;