diff --git a/lib/setopt.c b/lib/setopt.c
index 604c9cbc4c..5d5da804d4 100644
--- a/lib/setopt.c
+++ b/lib/setopt.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_setblobopt(struct curl_blob **blobp,
 
   if(blob) {
     struct curl_blob *nblob;
-    if(blob->len > CURL_MAX_INPUT_LENGTH)
+    if(!blob->len || (blob->len > CURL_MAX_INPUT_LENGTH))
       return CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
     nblob = (struct curl_blob *)
       curlx_malloc(sizeof(struct curl_blob) +