diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index 3f5a6aee7e..fe5f5ed6ce 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ static int mov_flush_fragment(AVFormatContext *s)
     if (!(mov->flags & FF_MOV_FLAG_FRAGMENT))
         return 0;
 
-    if (!(mov->flags & FF_MOV_FLAG_EMPTY_MOOV) && mov->fragments == 0) {
+    if (mov->fragments == 0) {
         int64_t pos = avio_tell(s->pb);
         int ret;
         AVIOContext *moov_buf;