diff --git a/lib/ElementHandle.js b/lib/ElementHandle.js
index 5bba6af281b..9a07e63ff12 100644
--- a/lib/ElementHandle.js
+++ b/lib/ElementHandle.js
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@ class ElementHandle extends JSHandle {
         (element, selector) => Array.from(element.querySelectorAll(selector)),
         this, selector
     );
-    if (!(await arrayHandle.jsonValue()).length)
-      throw new Error(`Error: failed to find elements matching selector "${selector}"`);
 
     const result = await this.executionContext().evaluate(pageFunction, arrayHandle, ...args);
     await arrayHandle.dispose();
diff --git a/test/elementhandle.spec.js b/test/elementhandle.spec.js
index aee915ed7a8..090e620e6ed 100644
--- a/test/elementhandle.spec.js
+++ b/test/elementhandle.spec.js
@@ -337,13 +337,14 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({testRunner, expect}) {
       expect(content).toEqual(['a1-child-div', 'a2-child-div']);
     });
 
-    it('should throw in case of missing selector', async({page, server}) => {
+    it('should not throw in case of missing selector', async({page, server}) => {
       const htmlContent = '<div class="a">not-a-child-div</div><div id="myId"></div>';
       await page.setContent(htmlContent);
       const elementHandle = await page.$('#myId');
-      const errorMessage = await elementHandle.$$eval('.a', nodes => nodes.map(n => n.innerText)).catch(error => error.message);
-      expect(errorMessage).toBe(`Error: failed to find elements matching selector ".a"`);
+      const nodesLength = await elementHandle.$$eval('.a', nodes => nodes.length);
+      expect(nodesLength).toBe(0);
     });
+
   });
 
   describe('ElementHandle.$$', function() {