diff --git a/components/drivers/i2c/i2c-bit-ops.c b/components/drivers/i2c/i2c-bit-ops.c
index 96af567a1e..3a9b4efeb3 100644
--- a/components/drivers/i2c/i2c-bit-ops.c
+++ b/components/drivers/i2c/i2c-bit-ops.c
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ static rt_size_t i2c_bit_xfer(struct rt_i2c_bus_device *bus,
     rt_int32_t i, ret;
     rt_uint16_t ignore_nack;
 
+    if (num == 0) return 0;
+
     for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
     {
         msg = &msgs[i];