diff --git a/aqhome/mqtt/msg_mqtt_publish.c b/aqhome/mqtt/msg_mqtt_publish.c
index 245d3e5..05804bd 100644
--- a/aqhome/mqtt/msg_mqtt_publish.c
+++ b/aqhome/mqtt/msg_mqtt_publish.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static int _dumpPayload(uint8_t flags, const uint8_t *payloadPtr, uint32_t paylo
 
 GWEN_MSG *AQH_PublishMqttMsg_new(uint8_t flags, uint16_t packetId, const char *sTopic, const uint8_t *messagePtr, uint32_t messageLen)
 {
-  if (sTopic && *sTopic && messagePtr && messageLen) {
+  if (sTopic && *sTopic) {
     GWEN_MSG *msg;
     GWEN_BUFFER *buf;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ GWEN_MSG *AQH_PublishMqttMsg_new(uint8_t flags, uint16_t packetId, const char *s
     return msg;
   }
   else {
-    DBG_ERROR(AQH_LOGDOMAIN, "Missing topic or message");
+    DBG_ERROR(AQH_LOGDOMAIN, "Missing topic");
     return NULL;
   }
 }