diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
index d4b0ec1bba..a9f8a68373 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
@@ -1555,8 +1555,7 @@ eet_open(const char   *file,
              goto open_error;
           }
 
-        if ((mode == EET_FILE_MODE_READ) &&
-            (file_stat.st_size < ((int)sizeof(int) * 3)))
+        if (file_stat.st_size < ((int)sizeof(int) * 3))
           {
              fclose(fp);
              fp = NULL;