diff --git a/net/ethtool/eeprom.c b/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
index 5d38e90895ac..1e75d9c1b154 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/eeprom.c
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ static int eeprom_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct nlattr *
 	request->offset = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_OFFSET]);
 	request->length = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH]);
 
-	if (!request->length)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/* The following set of conditions limit the API to only dump 1/2
 	 * EEPROM page without crossing low page boundary located at offset 128.
 	 * This means user may only request dumps of length limited to 128 from
@@ -237,7 +234,8 @@ const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_module_eeprom_request_ops = {
 const struct nla_policy ethnl_module_eeprom_get_policy[] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_HEADER]	= NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ethnl_header_policy),
 	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_OFFSET]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_LENGTH]	=
+		NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U32, 1, ETH_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE_LEN),
 	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS]	=