diff --git a/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_barrier.c b/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_barrier.c
index 1a5b7fa3f9..bebd25a455 100644
--- a/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_barrier.c
+++ b/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_barrier.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ int pthread_barrier_init(pthread_barrier_t           *barrier,
         return EINVAL;
     if (attr && (*attr != PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE))
         return EINVAL;
+    if (count == 0)
+        return EINVAL;
 
     barrier->count = count;
     pthread_cond_init(&(barrier->cond), NULL);