diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
index 3b432a6..2cd8c46 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/metadata/MetadataNode.java
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@
             IValueExtractor<Dataverse> valueExtractor = new MetadataEntityValueExtractor<Dataverse>(tupleReaderWriter);
             List<Dataverse> results = new ArrayList<Dataverse>();
             searchIndex(jobId, MetadataPrimaryIndexes.DATAVERSE_DATASET, null, valueExtractor, results);
-            if (results.isEmpty()) {
-                return null;
-            }
             return results;
         } catch (IndexException | IOException e) {
             throw new MetadataException(e);