diff --git a/libselinux/src/label_file.c b/libselinux/src/label_file.c
index 560d8c3d..dbf51a93 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/label_file.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/label_file.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ end_arch_check:
 
 	/* allocate the stems_data array */
 	rc = next_entry(&stem_map_len, mmap_area, sizeof(uint32_t));
-	if (rc < 0 || !stem_map_len)
+	if (rc < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/libselinux/src/regex.c b/libselinux/src/regex.c
index dfc15d63..a6fcbbfe 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/regex.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/regex.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int regex_load_mmap(struct mmap_area *mmap_area, struct regex_data **regex,
 		goto err;
 
 	rc = next_entry(&entry_len, mmap_area, sizeof(uint32_t));
-	if (rc < 0 || !entry_len)
+	if (rc < 0)
 		goto err;
 
 	if (entry_len) {