diff --git a/libraries/liblber/sockbuf.c b/libraries/liblber/sockbuf.c
index ae5c07c8c1..7fa6e85321 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/sockbuf.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/sockbuf.c
@@ -313,11 +313,6 @@ ber_pvt_sb_do_write( Sockbuf_IO_Desc *sbiod, Sockbuf_Buf *buf_out )
 		buf_out->buf_end = buf_out->buf_ptr = 0;
 	}
 
-	if ( (ber_len_t)ret < to_go ) {
-		/* not enough data, so pretend no data was sent. */
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	return ret;
 }