diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/net/connection/socket/unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/net/connection/socket/unix.rs
index 5e20c0ffdfa6a..a2aeafbc23ef0 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/net/connection/socket/unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/net/connection/socket/unix.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ impl Socket {
                 flags,
             )
         })?;
+
+        if ret == 0 && buf.capacity() == 0 {
+            return Err(io::const_error!(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "0-byte buffer requested"));
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             buf.advance_unchecked(ret as usize);
         }