diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
index 5f703b1b13..5423576f44 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils.go
@@ -105,8 +105,20 @@ func isLargeBarSpace(resourcePath string) (bool, error) {
 	suffix := []string{"", "K", "M", "G", "T"}
 	for rIdx, line := range strings.Split(string(buf), "\n") {
 		cols := strings.Fields(line)
+		// start and end columns are required to calculate the size
+		if len(cols) < 2 {
+			deviceLogger().WithField("resource-line", line).Debug("not enough columns to calculate PCI size")
+			continue
+		}
 		start, _ := strconv.ParseUint(cols[0], 0, 64)
 		end, _ := strconv.ParseUint(cols[1], 0, 64)
+		if start > end {
+			deviceLogger().WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"start": start,
+				"end":   end,
+			}).Debug("start is greater than end")
+			continue
+		}
 		size := end - start + 1
 		sIdx := 0
 		for i := range suffix {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
index 33c650b622..5c1ab643e3 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/manager/utils_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 package manager
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/device/config"
@@ -89,3 +91,46 @@ func TestIsVhostUserSCSI(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, d.expected, isVhostUserSCSI)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsLargeBarSpace(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	// File not exist
+	bs, err := isLargeBarSpace("/abc/xyz/123/rgb")
+	assert.Error(err)
+	assert.False(bs)
+
+	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "pci")
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	defer f.Close()
+	defer os.RemoveAll(f.Name())
+
+	type testData struct {
+		resourceInfo string
+		error        bool
+		result       bool
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range []testData{
+		{"", false, false},
+		{"\t\n\t  ", false, false},
+		{"abc zyx", false, false},
+		{"abc zyx rgb", false, false},
+		{"abc\t       zyx     \trgb", false, false},
+		{"0x00015\n0x0013", false, false},
+		{"0x00000000c6000000 0x00000000c6ffffff 0x0000000000040200", false, false},
+		{"0x0000383bffffffff 0x0000383800000000", false, false}, // start greater than end
+		{"0x0000383800000000 0x0000383bffffffff", false, true},
+		{"0x0000383800000000 0x0000383bffffffff 0x000000000014220c", false, true},
+	} {
+		f.WriteAt([]byte(d.resourceInfo), 0)
+		bs, err = isLargeBarSpace(f.Name())
+		assert.NoError(f.Truncate(0))
+		if d.error {
+			assert.Error(err, d.resourceInfo)
+		} else {
+			assert.NoError(err, d.resourceInfo)
+		}
+		assert.Equal(d.result, bs, d.resourceInfo)
+	}
+}