Index: apps/tagcache.c
===================================================================
--- apps/tagcache.c	(revision 19591)
+++ apps/tagcache.c	(working copy)
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@
     
     masterfd_pos = lseek(masterfd, tcmh.tch.entry_count * sizeof(struct index_entry),
                          SEEK_CUR);
-    if (masterfd_pos == filesize(masterfd))
+    if (masterfd_pos == filesize(masterfd) && tcmh.tch.entry_count != 0)
     {
         logf("we can't append!");
         close(masterfd);
@@ -2823,14 +2823,6 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (tch.entry_count == 0)
-    {
-        logf("nothing to commit");
-        close(tmpfd);
-        remove(TAGCACHE_FILE_TEMP);
-        return true;
-    }
-
 #ifdef HAVE_EEPROM_SETTINGS
     remove(TAGCACHE_STATEFILE);
 #endif