diff --git a/drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c b/drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c
index 393966c09740..ef38e9ad98f6 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static unsigned int comedi_buf_munge(struct comedi_subdevice *s,
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	const unsigned int num_sample_bytes = comedi_bytes_per_sample(s);
 
-	if (!s->munge || (async->cmd.flags & CMDF_RAWDATA)) {
+	if (!s->munge || (async->cmd.flags & CMDF_RAWDATA) || async->cmd.chanlist_len == 0) {
 		async->munge_count += num_bytes;
 		return num_bytes;
 	}