diff --git a/python/tvm/relay/frontend/onnx.py b/python/tvm/relay/frontend/onnx.py
index 3c88f659f6f0..5813f6305ace 100644
--- a/python/tvm/relay/frontend/onnx.py
+++ b/python/tvm/relay/frontend/onnx.py
@@ -1461,9 +1461,8 @@ class Split(OnnxOpConverter):
     @classmethod
     def _impl_v1(cls, inputs, attr, params):
         splits = attr.get("split", None)
-        if splits is not None:
+        if splits is not None and len(splits) > 1:
             indices = []
-            attr["indices_or_sections"] = []
             index = 0
             for i in splits[:-1]:
                 index += i
diff --git a/tests/python/frontend/onnx/test_forward.py b/tests/python/frontend/onnx/test_forward.py
index dd1c77330986..f8870edcb6d1 100644
--- a/tests/python/frontend/onnx/test_forward.py
+++ b/tests/python/frontend/onnx/test_forward.py
@@ -1966,6 +1966,9 @@ def verify_split(indata, outdatas, split, axis=0, pass_split=True, opset=11):
     verify_split([1, 2, 3], [[1], [2], [3]], False, 0, False)
     # Split a single value to a single value
     verify_split([1], [[1]], [1], pass_split=True)
+    # Test that the default case modifies nothing when split list has length one
+    verify_split([[1.0, 2.0]], [[1.0, 2.0]], [2], 1)
+    verify_split([[1.0, 2.0]], [[1.0, 2.0]], [1], 0)
 
 
 @tvm.testing.parametrize_targets