diff --git a/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py b/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
index 7626198dc..6637663ff 100644
--- a/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
+++ b/freqtrade/data/history/idatahandler.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class IDataHandler(ABC):
             timerange=timerange_startup,
             candle_type=candle_type
         )
-        if self._check_empty_df(pairdf, pair, timeframe, candle_type, warn_no_data, True):
+        if self._check_empty_df(pairdf, pair, timeframe, candle_type, warn_no_data):
             return pairdf
         else:
             enddate = pairdf.iloc[-1]['date']
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class IDataHandler(ABC):
             if timerange_startup:
                 self._validate_pairdata(pair, pairdf, timeframe, candle_type, timerange_startup)
                 pairdf = trim_dataframe(pairdf, timerange_startup)
-                if self._check_empty_df(pairdf, pair, timeframe, candle_type, warn_no_data):
+                if self._check_empty_df(pairdf, pair, timeframe, candle_type, warn_no_data, True):
                     return pairdf
 
             # incomplete candles should only be dropped if we didn't trim the end beforehand.