diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 34f8041..9fd2e25 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -199,13 +199,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                 finally:
                                     fixture.close()
 
-                                # If the fixture we loaded contains 0 objects, assume that an
-                                # error was encountered during fixture loading.
-                                if objects_in_fixture == 0:
-                                    raise CommandError(
-                                        "No fixture data found for '%s'. (File format may be invalid.)" %
-                                            (fixture_name))
-
             # Since we disabled constraint checks, we must manually check for
             # any invalid keys that might have been added
             table_names = [model._meta.db_table for model in models]