diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index ca1df0ec3c97..549ee56b7a21 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -3986,6 +3986,12 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* return 0 if there is no further data to read */
+	if (start_offset >= region->size) {
+		err = 0;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 			  &devlink_nl_family, NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_MULTI,
 			  DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_READ);