diff --git a/modules/saml/www/sp/discoresp.php b/modules/saml/www/sp/discoresp.php
index 1b53506e70a8fbf3af644753e22ae301c81ba0fb..8d1ab65d5837b4adf7fb223bd921b7dd29bf1817 100644
--- a/modules/saml/www/sp/discoresp.php
+++ b/modules/saml/www/sp/discoresp.php
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ if (!array_key_exists('idpentityid', $_REQUEST)) {
 
 /** @var array $state */
 $state = \SimpleSAML\Auth\State::loadState($_REQUEST['AuthID'], 'saml:sp:sso');
-if ($state === null) {
-    throw new \SimpleSAML\Error\NoState();
-}
 
 // Find authentication source
 assert(array_key_exists('saml:sp:AuthId', $state));