1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 4a1244f9a..b1d1d6d79 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int invalid_attr_name(const char *name, int namelen)
 	 * Attribute name cannot begin with '-' and must consist of
 	 * characters from [-A-Za-z0-9_.].
 	 */
-	if (*name == '-')
+	if (namelen <= 0 || *name == '-')
 		return -1;
 	while (namelen--) {
 		char ch = *name++;