diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
index d7cdc98e74..af9d295333 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func genBinTrieFromAlloc(alloc core.GenesisAlloc, db database.NodeDatabase) (*bi
 
 // BinaryCodeChunkKey computes the tree key of a code-chunk for a given address.
 func BinaryCodeChunkKey(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	if ctx.Args().Len() == 0 || ctx.Args().Len() > 2 {
+	if ctx.Args().Len() != 2 {
 		return errors.New("invalid number of arguments: expecting an address and an code-chunk number")
 	}