diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index a663d7acd..c6ac2c31f 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -2285,8 +2285,6 @@ static inline char *_lf_text_len(char *dst, const char *src,
 			if (++len > size)
 				len = size;
 			len = strlcpy2(dst, src, len);
-			if (len == 0)
-				return NULL;
 		}
 		dst += len;
 		size -= len;