diff --git a/fs/squashfs/cache.c b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
index 1c4739e33af..40c98fa6b5d 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ struct squashfs_cache *squashfs_cache_init(char *name, int entries,
 	cache->entries = entries;
 	cache->block_size = block_size;
 	cache->pages = block_size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	cache->pages = cache->pages ? cache->pages : 1;
 	cache->name = name;
 	cache->num_waiters = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&cache->lock);