1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 4dd01e645a..9d1c02cd1d 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2818,10 +2818,6 @@ char *qmp_memchar_read(const char *device, int64_t size,
     }
 
     count = qemu_chr_cirmem_count(chr);
-    if (count == 0) {
-        return g_strdup("");
-    }
-
     size = size > count ? count : size;
     read_data = g_malloc0(size + 1);