diff --git a/common/menu.c b/common/menu.c
index 5fb2ffbd065..b577d80b4ff 100644
--- a/common/menu.c
+++ b/common/menu.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int menu_get_choice(struct menu *m, void **choice)
 	if (!m || !choice)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!m->prompt || m->item_cnt == 1)
+	if (!m->prompt)
 		return menu_default_choice(m, choice);
 
 	return menu_interactive_choice(m, choice);
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_bootmenu.py b/test/py/tests/test_bootmenu.py
index fb03fa417b7..b4baa534aa2 100644
--- a/test/py/tests/test_bootmenu.py
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_bootmenu.py
@@ -42,7 +42,5 @@ def test_bootmenu(u_boot_console):
     assert 'rc:0' in response
     u_boot_console.run_command('setenv bootmenu_default')
     u_boot_console.run_command('setenv bootmenu_0')
-    # Without bootmenu_0 no menu should be shown.
-    u_boot_console.run_command('bootmenu 2')
     u_boot_console.run_command('setenv bootmenu_1')
     u_boot_console.run_command('setenv bootmenu_2')