diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/BaseHapiTerminologySvcImpl.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/BaseHapiTerminologySvcImpl.java
index cdba0d04b2d..e1cc30878b3 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/BaseHapiTerminologySvcImpl.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/BaseHapiTerminologySvcImpl.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public abstract class BaseHapiTerminologySvcImpl implements IHapiTerminologySvc,
 		theExpansionComponent.addParameter().setName("offset").setValue(new IntegerType(theOffset));
 		theExpansionComponent.addParameter().setName("count").setValue(new IntegerType(theCount));
 
-		if (theCount == 0 || total == 0) {
+		if (theCount == 0) {
 			return;
 		}