diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 49d803ef..f0f1f6c8 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -441,9 +441,7 @@ evhttp_make_header(struct evhttp_connection *evcon, struct evhttp_request *req)
 	}
 	evbuffer_add(evcon->output_buffer, "\r\n", 2);
 
-	/* XXX EVBUFFER_LENGTH returns an unsigned value, so this test
-	 *      is always true. What is the intent of this test? -NM */
-	if (1) { // || EVBUFFER_LENGTH(req->output_buffer) >= 0) {
+	if (EVBUFFER_LENGTH(req->output_buffer) > 0) {
 		/*
 		 * For a request, we add the POST data, for a reply, this
 		 * is the regular data.