diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index df1e782..4b937c0 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -2219,10 +2219,13 @@ fprint_device_enroll_start (FprintDBusDevice      *dbus_dev,
                    clear_err->message);
     }
 
+  g_autoptr(GPtrArray) all_prints = NULL;
+
   if (fp_device_has_feature (priv->dev, FP_DEVICE_FEATURE_IDENTIFY))
-    {
-      g_autoptr(GPtrArray) all_prints = load_all_prints (rdev);
+    all_prints = load_all_prints (rdev);
 
+  if (all_prints && all_prints->len)
+    {
       /* We (now) have the policy that there must be no duplicate prints.
        * We need to do this for MoC devices, as their "identify" function
        * will generally just identify across all device stored prints.