diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index a7f1ce11bc22..0c1cc7612800 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,10 @@ static int rose_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	unsigned char *asmptr;
 	int n, size, qbit = 0;
 
+	/* ROSE empty frame has no meaning : don't send */
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_EOR|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1265,6 +1269,12 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	copied     = skb->len;
 
+	/* ROSE empty frame has no meaning : ignore it */
+	if (copied == 0) {
+		skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
+		return copied;
+	}
+
 	if (copied > size) {
 		copied = size;
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;