diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
index 0bcac1e96bd618..8806d95b0001c4 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
@@ -910,9 +910,8 @@ static BOOL AttributeHasChangesOmittedQuality(MTRAttributePath * attributePath)
     // 1. The attribute is not in the specification (so we don't know whether hasChangesOmittedQuality can be trusted).
     // 2. Subscription not in a state we can expect reports
     // 3. There is subscription but attribute has Changes Omitted quality
-    // 4. Cache has no entry
     // TODO: add option for BaseSubscriptionCallback to report during priming, to reduce when case 4 is hit
-    if (!attributeIsSpecified || ![self _subscriptionAbleToReport] || hasChangesOmittedQuality || !attributeValueToReturn) {
+    if (!attributeIsSpecified || ![self _subscriptionAbleToReport] || hasChangesOmittedQuality) {
         // Read requests container will be a mutable array of items, each being an array containing:
         //   [attribute request path, params]
         // Batching handler should only coalesce when params are equal.