diff --git a/monitor/hmp.c b/monitor/hmp.c
index 2aa85d3982..fee410362f 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp.c
@@ -1189,9 +1189,7 @@ static void cmd_completion(MonitorHMP *mon, const char *name, const char *list)
         }
         memcpy(cmd, pstart, len);
         cmd[len] = '\0';
-        if (name[0] == '\0') {
-            readline_add_completion_of(mon->rs, name, cmd);
-        }
+        readline_add_completion_of(mon->rs, name, cmd);
         if (*p == '\0') {
             break;
         }
@@ -1335,9 +1333,7 @@ static void monitor_find_completion_by_table(MonitorHMP *mon,
             /* block device name completion */
             readline_set_completion_index(mon->rs, strlen(str));
             while ((blk = blk_next(blk)) != NULL) {
-                if (str[0] == '\0') {
-                    readline_add_completion_of(mon->rs, str, blk_name(blk));
-                }
+                readline_add_completion_of(mon->rs, str, blk_name(blk));
             }
             break;
         case 's':