diff --git a/src/kits/package/hpkg/PackageFileHeapWriter.cpp b/src/kits/package/hpkg/PackageFileHeapWriter.cpp
index 5c249457fd..7bf45fa1b4 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/hpkg/PackageFileHeapWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/package/hpkg/PackageFileHeapWriter.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ PackageFileHeapWriter::RemoveDataRanges(
 	if (rangeCount == 0)
 		return;
 
-	if (fOffsets.IsEmpty()) {
+	if (fUncompressedHeapSize == 0) {
 		fErrorOutput->PrintError("Can't remove ranges from empty heap\n");
 		throw status_t(B_BAD_VALUE);
 	}