diff --git a/libselinux/src/regex.c b/libselinux/src/regex.c
index dfc15d6..a6fcbbf 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/regex.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/regex.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 		goto err;
 
 	rc = next_entry(&entry_len, mmap_area, sizeof(uint32_t));
-	if (rc < 0 || !entry_len)
+	if (rc < 0)
 		goto err;
 
 	if (entry_len) {