diff --git a/lib/content_encoding.c b/lib/content_encoding.c
index 473b82b1ed6ce2c853c23088e3b56d7445226319..47f245e9f7f443eb0f4f3904f9ec5515dbbfcc3d 100644
--- a/lib/content_encoding.c
+++ b/lib/content_encoding.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ inflate_stream(struct SessionHandle *data,
       }
 
       /* Done with these bytes, exit */
-      if (status == Z_OK && z->avail_in == 0 && z->avail_out > 0) {
+      if (status == Z_OK && z->avail_in == 0) {
         free(decomp);
         return result;
       }