diff --git a/src/checks.c b/src/checks.c
index 774b28cf5..6f1320001 100644
--- a/src/checks.c
+++ b/src/checks.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static enum tcpcheck_eval_ret tcpcheck_mysql_expect_packet(struct check *check,
 
 
 	/* 3 Bytes for the packet length and 1 byte for the sequence id */
-	if (!last_read && b_data(&check->bi) < offset+4) {
+	if (b_data(&check->bi) < offset+4) {
 		if (!last_read)
 			goto wait_more_data;