diff --git a/cli/command/container/opts.go b/cli/command/container/opts.go
index a68bbe4833..fa8f1c9d08 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/opts.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/opts.go
@@ -354,7 +354,10 @@ func parse(flags *pflag.FlagSet, copts *containerOptions, serverOS string) (*con
 	volumes := copts.volumes.GetMap()
 	// add any bind targets to the list of container volumes
 	for bind := range copts.volumes.GetMap() {
-		parsed, _ := loader.ParseVolume(bind)
+		parsed, err := loader.ParseVolume(bind)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 
 		if parsed.Source != "" {
 			toBind := bind
diff --git a/cli/compose/loader/volume_test.go b/cli/compose/loader/volume_test.go
index b42be1fc52..54dc200fe8 100644
--- a/cli/compose/loader/volume_test.go
+++ b/cli/compose/loader/volume_test.go
@@ -223,3 +223,8 @@ func TestParseVolumeInvalidSections(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := ParseVolume("/foo::rw")
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "invalid spec")
 }
+
+func TestParseVolumeWithEmptySource(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ParseVolume(":/vol")
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "empty section between colons")
+}
diff --git a/e2e/container/create_test.go b/e2e/container/create_test.go
index 3c519df12e..daf8e092f6 100644
--- a/e2e/container/create_test.go
+++ b/e2e/container/create_test.go
@@ -101,3 +101,19 @@ func TestTrustedCreateFromBadTrustServer(t *testing.T) {
 		Err:      "could not rotate trust to a new trusted root",
 	})
 }
+
+func TestCreateWithEmptySourceVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	icmd.RunCmd(icmd.Command("docker", "create", "-v", ":/volume", fixtures.AlpineImage)).
+		Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
+			ExitCode: 125,
+			Err:      "empty section between colons",
+		})
+}
+
+func TestCreateWithEmptyVolumeSpec(t *testing.T) {
+	icmd.RunCmd(icmd.Command("docker", "create", "-v", "", fixtures.AlpineImage)).
+		Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
+			ExitCode: 125,
+			Err:      "invalid empty volume spec",
+		})
+}