diff --git a/go/enclave/components/batch_executor.go b/go/enclave/components/batch_executor.go
index 82e804b625..226486461d 100644
--- a/go/enclave/components/batch_executor.go
+++ b/go/enclave/components/batch_executor.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (executor *batchExecutor) ComputeBatch(context *BatchExecutionContext, fail
 	if failForEmptyBatch &&
 		len(txReceipts) == 0 &&
 		len(ccReceipts) == 0 &&
-		len(transactionsToProcess) == 0 &&
+		len(transactionsToProcess)-len(excludedTxs) == 0 &&
 		len(crossChainTransactions) == 0 &&
 		len(messages) == 0 &&
 		len(transfers) == 0 {