diff --git a/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc b/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
index 86a1b4a7d..ff9ca38a8 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/no_batched_ops_stress.cc
@@ -1029,6 +1029,10 @@ class NonBatchedOpsStressTest : public StressTest {
       s = sst_file_writer.Put(Slice(key_str), Slice(value, value_len));
     }
 
+    if (s.ok() && keys.empty()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (s.ok()) {
       s = sst_file_writer.Finish();
     }