diff --git a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
index 8e2b5bebf..f978ef307 100644
--- a/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
+++ b/src/blockchain_db/lmdb/db_lmdb.cpp
@@ -2994,8 +2994,6 @@ bool BlockchainLMDB::get_tx_blob(const crypto::hash& h, cryptonote::blobdata &bd
     return false;
   else if (get_result)
     throw0(DB_ERROR(lmdb_error("DB error attempting to fetch tx from hash", get_result).c_str()));
-  else if (result1.mv_size == 0)
-    return false;
 
   bd.assign(reinterpret_cast<char*>(result0.mv_data), result0.mv_size);
   bd.append(reinterpret_cast<char*>(result1.mv_data), result1.mv_size);