diff --git a/control/metrics.go b/control/metrics.go
index 4a7c2e428..3bea73456 100644
--- a/control/metrics.go
+++ b/control/metrics.go
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	errMetricNotFound     = errors.New("metric not found")
-	errEmptyMetricCatalog = errors.New("metric catalog is empty, no plugin loaded")
-	errNegativeSubCount   = serror.New(errors.New("subscription count cannot be < 0"))
-	hostnameReader        hostnamer
+	errMetricNotFound   = errors.New("metric not found")
+	errNegativeSubCount = serror.New(errors.New("subscription count cannot be < 0"))
+	hostnameReader      hostnamer
 )
 
 // hostnameReader, hostnamer created for mocking
@@ -96,10 +95,6 @@ func errorMetricNotFound(ns string, ver ...int) error {
 }
 
 func errorMetricsNotFound(ns string, ver ...int) error {
-	if ns == "/" {
-		// when fetching all cataloged metrics failed
-		return errEmptyMetricCatalog
-	}
 	if len(ver) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("No metric found below the given namespace: %s (version: %d)", ns, ver[0])
 	}
@@ -428,9 +423,7 @@ func (mc *metricCatalog) GetMetrics(requested core.Namespace, version int) ([]*m
 			returnedmts = append(returnedmts, returnedmt)
 		}
 	}
-	if len(returnedmts) == 0 {
-		return nil, errorMetricsNotFound(requested.String(), version)
-	}
+
 	return returnedmts, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/control/mttrie.go b/control/mttrie.go
index 8e371b17d..d17625570 100644
--- a/control/mttrie.go
+++ b/control/mttrie.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (mtt *mttNode) Fetch(ns []string) ([]*metricType, error) {
 			mts = append(mts, mt)
 		}
 	}
-	if len(mts) == 0 {
+	if len(mts) == 0 && len(ns) > 0 {
 		return nil, errorMetricsNotFound("/" + strings.Join(ns, "/"))
 	}
 	return mts, nil
diff --git a/mgmt/rest/client/client_func_test.go b/mgmt/rest/client/client_func_test.go
index 06ce73383..0a7bb6a95 100644
--- a/mgmt/rest/client/client_func_test.go
+++ b/mgmt/rest/client/client_func_test.go
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ func TestSnapClient(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 			Convey("empty catalog", func() {
 				m := c.GetMetricCatalog()
-				So(m.Err, ShouldNotBeNil)
+				So(m.Err, ShouldBeNil)
 				So(m.Len(), ShouldEqual, 0)
-				So(m.Err.Error(), ShouldEqual, "metric catalog is empty, no plugin loaded")
 			})
 			Convey("load directory error", func() {
 				p := c.LoadPlugin(DIRECTORY_PATH)