diff --git a/finality-provider/service/fp_instance.go b/finality-provider/service/fp_instance.go
index cfe0bac9..bc3c9c88 100644
--- a/finality-provider/service/fp_instance.go
+++ b/finality-provider/service/fp_instance.go
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ func (fp *FinalityProviderInstance) finalitySigSubmissionLoop() {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if len(processedBlocks) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		res, err := fp.retrySubmitSigsUntilFinalized(processedBlocks)
 		if err != nil {
 			fp.metrics.IncrementFpTotalFailedVotes(fp.GetBtcPkHex())