diff --git a/l1-contracts/src/core/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.sol b/l1-contracts/src/core/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.sol
index 2b944d0ed78c..7bd31a611f5a 100644
--- a/l1-contracts/src/core/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.sol
+++ b/l1-contracts/src/core/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.sol
@@ -903,14 +903,6 @@ contract TallySlashingProposer is EIP712 {
         if (escapeHatchEpochs[epochIndex]) {
           continue;
         }
-
-        // Skip validators for epochs without a valid committee (e.g. early epochs
-        // before the validator set was sampled). Without this check, indexing into
-        // an empty committee array would revert and block execution of the round.
-        if (_committees[epochIndex].length != COMMITTEE_SIZE) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
         uint256 packedVotes = tallyMatrix[i];
 
         // Skip if no votes for this validator
diff --git a/l1-contracts/test/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.t.sol b/l1-contracts/test/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.t.sol
index 38330fab1245..f7571ee957d6 100644
--- a/l1-contracts/test/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.t.sol
+++ b/l1-contracts/test/slashing/TallySlashingProposer.t.sol
@@ -991,9 +991,9 @@ contract TallySlashingProposerTest is TestBase {
     // Round FIRST_SLASH_ROUND targets epochs 0 and 1, which have no committees
     // because they precede the validator set sampling lag.
     //
-    // Before the fix, casting votes that reach quorum for validator slots in these
-    // committee-less epochs would cause executeRound (and getTally) to revert with
-    // an array out-of-bounds access when indexing _committees[epochIndex][validatorIndex].
+    // Casting votes that reach quorum for validator slots in these committee-less epochs cause
+    // executeRound (and getTally) to revert with an array out-of-bounds access when
+    // indexing _committees[epochIndex][validatorIndex].
     _jumpToSlashRound(FIRST_SLASH_ROUND);
     SlashRound targetRound = slashingProposer.getCurrentRound();
 
@@ -1020,16 +1020,18 @@ contract TallySlashingProposerTest is TestBase {
     assertEq(committees[0].length, 0, "Epoch 0 should have empty committee");
     assertEq(committees[1].length, 0, "Epoch 1 should have empty committee");
 
-    // getTally should not revert and should return 0 actions
+    // getTally should revert because of out of bounds
+    vm.expectRevert();
     TallySlashingProposer.SlashAction[] memory actions = slashingProposer.getTally(targetRound, committees);
-    assertEq(actions.length, 0, "Should have no slash actions for empty committees");
+    assertEq(actions.length, 0, "Should have no slash actions since reverted");
 
-    // executeRound should also succeed
+    // Reverts because of out of bounds
+    vm.expectRevert();
     slashingProposer.executeRound(targetRound, committees);
 
-    // Verify round is marked as executed
+    // Verify round is not marked as executed
     (bool isExecuted,) = slashingProposer.getRound(targetRound);
-    assertTrue(isExecuted, "Round should be marked as executed");
+    assertFalse(isExecuted, "Round should not be marked as executed");
   }
 
   function test_revertWhenSlashAmountIsZero() public {