diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f1747aa825..6720c7c65c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.6-beta2-82 | 2018-11-08 09:38:52 -0600
+
+  * Remove unnecessary Bloom filter empty check (Matthias Vallentin)
+
 2.6-beta2-80 | 2018-11-07 11:46:34 -0600
 
   * Support appending to vector of any (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5d586fae4e..19268ed322 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6-beta2-80
+2.6-beta2-82
diff --git a/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif b/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
index 46ec4699a0..9af2ae0d33 100644
--- a/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
+++ b/src/probabilistic/bloom-filter.bif
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ function bloomfilter_lookup%(bf: opaque of bloomfilter, x: any%): count
 	%{
 	const BloomFilterVal* bfv = static_cast<const BloomFilterVal*>(bf);
 
-	if ( bfv->Empty() )
-		return new Val(0, TYPE_COUNT);
-
 	if ( ! bfv->Type() )
 		reporter->Error("cannot perform lookup on untyped Bloom filter");