diff --git a/jenkins/__init__.py b/jenkins/__init__.py
index 2dee018..da15b12 100755
--- a/jenkins/__init__.py
+++ b/jenkins/__init__.py
@@ -531,14 +531,13 @@ class Jenkins(object):
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         headers = response.headers
-        if response.request.method != 'HEAD':
-            if (headers.get('content-length') is None and
-                    headers.get('transfer-encoding') is None and
-                    (response.content is None or len(response.content) <= 0)):
-                # response body should only exist if one of these is provided
-                raise EmptyResponseException(
-                    "Error communicating with server[%s]: "
-                    "empty response" % self.server)
+        if (headers.get('content-length') is None and
+                headers.get('transfer-encoding') is None and
+                (response.content is None or len(response.content) <= 0)):
+            # response body should only exist if one of these is provided
+            raise EmptyResponseException(
+                "Error communicating with server[%s]: "
+                "empty response" % self.server)
 
         # Response objects will automatically return unicode encoded
         # when accessing .text property