diff --git a/blob/blob-gcp/src/main/java/com/salesforce/multicloudj/blob/gcp/GcpBlobStore.java b/blob/blob-gcp/src/main/java/com/salesforce/multicloudj/blob/gcp/GcpBlobStore.java
index 1a6eba72..b8956f05 100644
--- a/blob/blob-gcp/src/main/java/com/salesforce/multicloudj/blob/gcp/GcpBlobStore.java
+++ b/blob/blob-gcp/src/main/java/com/salesforce/multicloudj/blob/gcp/GcpBlobStore.java
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ protected UploadResponse doUpload(UploadRequest uploadRequest, InputStream input
             throw new SubstrateSdkException("Request failed while uploading from input stream", e);
         }
         Blob blob = storage.get(getBucket(), uploadRequest.getKey());
-        if(blob == null) {
-            throw new SubstrateSdkException("Could not locate newly uploaded blob");
-        }
         return transformer.toUploadResponse(blob);
     }