diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/layout/SequenceLayoutImpl.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/layout/SequenceLayoutImpl.java
index bcbf76ea338..16cffdad253 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/layout/SequenceLayoutImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/layout/SequenceLayoutImpl.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public final class SequenceLayoutImpl extends AbstractLayout<SequenceLayoutImpl>
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        boolean max = (Long.MAX_VALUE / elementLayout.byteSize()) == elemCount;
+        boolean max = (Long.MAX_VALUE / Math.max(1, elementLayout.byteSize())) == elemCount;
         return decorateLayoutString(String.format("[%s:%s]",
                 max ? "*" : elemCount, elementLayout));
     }
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestLayouts.java b/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestLayouts.java
index ee758cf884d..f7e0a8b7468 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestLayouts.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/foreign/TestLayouts.java
@@ -216,6 +216,21 @@ public class TestLayouts {
                 () -> MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(0, JAVA_LONG).withElementCount(Long.MAX_VALUE));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSequenceLayoutWithZeroLength() {
+        SequenceLayout layout = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(0, JAVA_INT);
+        assertEquals(layout.toString(), "[0:i4]");
+
+        SequenceLayout nested = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(0, layout);
+        assertEquals(nested.toString(), "[0:[0:i4]]");
+
+        SequenceLayout layout2 = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(0, JAVA_INT);
+        assertEquals(layout, layout2);
+
+        SequenceLayout nested2 = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(0, layout2);
+        assertEquals(nested, nested2);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testStructOverflow() {
         assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, // negative