diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/lmb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/lmb.c
index 9584608..bbe3eac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/lmb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/lmb.c
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 {
 	struct lmb_region *_rgn = &(lmb.reserved);
 
+	BUG_ON(0 == size);
+
 	return lmb_add_region(_rgn, base, size);
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +229,8 @@
 	long i, j;
 	unsigned long base = 0;
 
+	BUG_ON(0 == size);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	/* On 32-bit, make sure we allocate lowmem */
 	if (max_addr == LMB_ALLOC_ANYWHERE)