diff --git a/kvdo.spec b/kvdo.spec
index 2d578d50..a8743ea0 100644
--- a/kvdo.spec
+++ b/kvdo.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define spec_release 1
 %define kmod_name		kvdo
-%define kmod_driver_version	8.2.1.2
+%define kmod_driver_version	8.2.1.3
 %define kmod_rpm_release	%{spec_release}
 %define kmod_kernel_version	3.10.0-693.el7
 
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_usr}/src/%{kmod_name}-%{version}
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Nov 03 2022 - Red Hat VDO Team <vdo-devel@redhat.com> - 8.2.1.2-1
+* Thu Dec 08 2022 - Red Hat VDO Team <vdo-devel@redhat.com> - 8.2.1.3-1
 - See https://github.com/dm-vdo/kvdo.git
diff --git a/vdo/Makefile b/vdo/Makefile
index 2b2bc3f8..7a10b37e 100644
--- a/vdo/Makefile
+++ b/vdo/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VDO_VERSION = 8.2.1.2
+VDO_VERSION = 8.2.1.3
 
 SOURCES  = $(notdir $(wildcard $(src)/*.c))
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:%.c=%.o)
diff --git a/vdo/device-config.c b/vdo/device-config.c
index e40571a4..579fadc1 100644
--- a/vdo/device-config.c
+++ b/vdo/device-config.c
@@ -625,6 +625,13 @@ int vdo_parse_device_config(int argc,
 		return VDO_BAD_CONFIGURATION;
 	}
 
+	if (argc == 0) {
+		handle_parse_error(config,
+				   error_ptr,
+				   "Incorrect number of arguments");
+		return VDO_BAD_CONFIGURATION;
+	}
+
 	result = UDS_ALLOCATE(1,
 			      struct device_config,
 			      "device_config",