diff --git a/block/sed-opal.c b/block/sed-opal.c
index d442f29e84f1..4e95a9792162 100644
--- a/block/sed-opal.c
+++ b/block/sed-opal.c
@@ -905,10 +905,6 @@ static int response_parse(const u8 *buf, size_t length,
 		num_entries++;
 	}
 
-	if (num_entries == 0) {
-		pr_debug("Couldn't parse response.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 	resp->num = num_entries;
 
 	return 0;