diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
index 0cc0547d..22928372 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ QPDFWriter::generateObjectStreams()
     unsigned int n_object_streams = (eligible.size() + 99) / 100;
     if (n_object_streams == 0)
     {
-        throw std::logic_error("n_object_streams == 0");
+        return;
     }
     unsigned int n_per = eligible.size() / n_object_streams;
     if (n_per * n_object_streams < eligible.size())