diff --git a/volumes.c b/volumes.c
index 32d9a5a6..b4d489a0 100644
--- a/volumes.c
+++ b/volumes.c
@@ -1839,6 +1839,14 @@ int btrfs_read_sys_array(struct btrfs_root *root)
 				goto out_short_read;
 
 			num_stripes = btrfs_chunk_num_stripes(sb, chunk);
+			if (!num_stripes) {
+				printk(
+	    "ERROR: invalid number of stripes %u in sys_array at offset %u\n",
+					num_stripes, cur_offset);
+				ret = -EIO;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			len = btrfs_chunk_item_size(num_stripes);
 			if (cur_offset + len > array_size)
 				goto out_short_read;