diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 02d6f27b19e49cae39d77674c9bcf94bb7ada3a1..a26b3e9cc441ca88bff27288aedc5bfce3e3d2c2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1839,9 +1839,15 @@ static int i2c_check_for_quirks(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
 		if (msgs[i].flags & I2C_M_RD) {
 			if (do_len_check && i2c_quirk_exceeded(len, q->max_read_len))
 				return i2c_quirk_error(adap, &msgs[i], "msg too long");
+
+			if (q->flags & I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_READ && len == 0)
+				return i2c_quirk_error(adap, &msgs[i], "no zero length");
 		} else {
 			if (do_len_check && i2c_quirk_exceeded(len, q->max_write_len))
 				return i2c_quirk_error(adap, &msgs[i], "msg too long");
+
+			if (q->flags & I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_WRITE && len == 0)
+				return i2c_quirk_error(adap, &msgs[i], "no zero length");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index bc8d42f8544f4fe4170e4525671e026eba06786e..2a98d0886d2e721ee706957b81a8495853bec2cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -661,6 +661,10 @@ struct i2c_adapter_quirks {
 					 I2C_AQ_COMB_READ_SECOND | I2C_AQ_COMB_SAME_ADDR)
 /* clock stretching is not supported */
 #define I2C_AQ_NO_CLK_STRETCH		BIT(4)
+/* message cannot have length of 0 */
+#define I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_READ		BIT(5)
+#define I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_WRITE	BIT(6)
+#define I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN		(I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_READ | I2C_AQ_NO_ZERO_LEN_WRITE)
 
 /*
  * i2c_adapter is the structure used to identify a physical i2c bus along