diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index a6b707e9f58..6e11ca5b7b9 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -594,13 +594,7 @@ _comp_compgen()
                 ;;
             c) _cur=$OPTARG ;;
             R) _cur="" ;;
-            C)
-                if [[ ! $OPTARG ]]; then
-                    printf 'bash_completion: %s: -C: invalid directory name `%s'\''\n' "$FUNCNAME" "$OPTARG" >&2
-                    return 2
-                fi
-                _dir=$OPTARG
-                ;;
+            C) _dir=$OPTARG ;;
             l) _has_ifs=set _ifs=$'\n' ;;
             F) _has_ifs=set _ifs=$OPTARG ;;
             [ix])