diff --git a/lib/cw-out.c b/lib/cw-out.c
index 437ded3a66..3da803e8e9 100644
--- a/lib/cw-out.c
+++ b/lib/cw-out.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static CURLcode cw_out_ptr_flush(struct cw_out_ctx *ctx,
                                  buf, wlen, &nwritten);
       if(result)
         return result;
-      if(otype == CW_OUT_BODY && nwritten)
+      if(otype == CW_OUT_BODY)
         Curl_pgrs_deliver_inc(data, nwritten);
       *pconsumed += nwritten;
       blen -= nwritten;