diff --git a/locale/circuitpython.pot b/locale/circuitpython.pot
index 5ad43a1ed2..f79a4c7285 100644
--- a/locale/circuitpython.pot
+++ b/locale/circuitpython.pot
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%q should be an int"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: shared-bindings/usb_hid/Device.c
+msgid "%q with a report ID of 0 must be of length 1"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: py/bc.c py/objnamedtuple.c
 msgid "%q() takes %d positional arguments but %d were given"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/shared-bindings/usb_hid/Device.c b/shared-bindings/usb_hid/Device.c
index 44f3216b01..8095570da8 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/usb_hid/Device.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/usb_hid/Device.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t usb_hid_device_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args
             // It's not the actual argument that's out of range, but its elements.
             // But the error message is close enough.
             MP_OBJ_SMALL_INT_VALUE(mp_obj_subscr(report_ids, i_obj, MP_OBJ_SENTINEL)),
-            1, 255, MP_QSTR_report_ids);
+            0, 255, MP_QSTR_report_ids);
 
         in_report_lengths_array[i] = (uint8_t)mp_arg_validate_int_range(
             MP_OBJ_SMALL_INT_VALUE(mp_obj_subscr(in_report_lengths, i_obj, MP_OBJ_SENTINEL)),
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t usb_hid_device_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args
             0, 255, MP_QSTR_out_report_lengths);
     }
 
+    if (report_ids_array[0] == 0 && report_ids_count > 1) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError_varg(translate("%q with a report ID of 0 must be of length 1"), MP_QSTR_report_ids);
+    }
+
     common_hal_usb_hid_device_construct(
         self, descriptor, usage_page, usage, report_ids_count, report_ids_array, in_report_lengths_array, out_report_lengths_array);
     return (mp_obj_t)self;