diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 4b615f40e..b2cd24fa1 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ func (d *Database) SendToDeviceUpdatesForSync(
 
 	// If there's nothing to do then stop here.
 	if len(events) == 0 {
-		return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("no send-to-device messages for user %q device %q in range %d -> %d", userID, deviceID, from, to)
+		return 0, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// If we've advanced past this stream position for this