diff --git a/x/alliance/keeper/reward.go b/x/alliance/keeper/reward.go
index 0ef9a536..41cf7bd9 100644
--- a/x/alliance/keeper/reward.go
+++ b/x/alliance/keeper/reward.go
@@ -131,10 +131,15 @@ func accumulateRewards(latestRewardHistories types.RewardHistories, rewardHistor
 // To calculate the number of rewards claimable, take reward_history * alliance_token_amount * reward_weight
 func (k Keeper) AddAssetsToRewardPool(ctx sdk.Context, from sdk.AccAddress, val types.AllianceValidator, coins sdk.Coins) error {
 	rewardHistories := types.NewRewardHistories(val.GlobalRewardHistory)
+	// We need some delegations before we can split rewards. Else rewards belong to no one and do nothing
+	if len(val.TotalDelegatorShares) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	totalAssetWeight := k.totalAssetWeight(ctx, val)
-	// We need some delegations before we can split rewards. Else rewards belong to no one
 	if totalAssetWeight.IsZero() {
-		return types.ErrZeroDelegations
+		// Do nothing since there are no assets to distribute rewards to
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range coins {
diff --git a/x/alliance/keeper/tests/reward_test.go b/x/alliance/keeper/tests/reward_test.go
index 3d14b9e5..b45db4c7 100644
--- a/x/alliance/keeper/tests/reward_test.go
+++ b/x/alliance/keeper/tests/reward_test.go
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ func TestRewardPoolAndGlobalIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	coin := app.BankKeeper.GetBalance(ctx, mintPoolAddr, "stake")
 	require.Equal(t, sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(4000_000)), coin)
 
-	// Transfer to reward pool without delegations will fail
-	err = app.AllianceKeeper.AddAssetsToRewardPool(ctx, mintPoolAddr, val1, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(2000_000))))
-	require.Error(t, err)
-
 	_, err = app.AllianceKeeper.Delegate(ctx, user1, val1, sdk.NewCoin(AllianceDenom, sdk.NewInt(1000_000)))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assets := app.AllianceKeeper.GetAllAssets(ctx)