diff --git a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py
index 75cc2c79f3..051155dd40 100755
--- a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_processes.py
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ def test_process(cfg, lr, cmp_log_fn, ignore_fields=None, ignore_msgs=None):
 
   cmp_log_path = cmp_log_fn if os.path.exists(cmp_log_fn) else BASE_URL + os.path.basename(cmp_log_fn)
   cmp_log_msgs = list(LogReader(cmp_log_path))
-  if not len(cmp_log_msgs):
-    raise Exception("No log messages for ref commit")
 
   log_msgs = replay_process(cfg, lr)