diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index 3959603b0f..d621852857 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1456,9 +1456,13 @@ static inline bool check_lba_range(SCSIDiskState *s,
      * The first line tests that no overflow happens when computing the last
      * sector.  The second line tests that the last accessed sector is in
      * range.
+     *
+     * Careful, the computations should not underflow for nb_sectors == 0,
+     * and a 0-block read to the first LBA beyond the end of device is
+     * valid.
      */
     return (sector_num <= sector_num + nb_sectors &&
-            sector_num + nb_sectors - 1 <= s->qdev.max_lba);
+            sector_num + nb_sectors <= s->qdev.max_lba + 1);
 }
 
 typedef struct UnmapCBData {