From 3f5b5d424062d6ded8e7fc1a2b76bc5bbcd9c595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc-github-team-secure-vault-core
 <82990506+hc-github-team-secure-vault-core@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 09:50:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit b2877f705015e477bfab8aa9376637ed73f97f41
 (#27305)

Co-authored-by: Kit Haines <khaines@mit.edu>
---
 builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go b/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
index fde485ecb30d..6b07acba2a4c 100644
--- a/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
+++ b/builtin/logical/pki/path_issue_sign.go
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func (b *backend) pathIssueSignCert(ctx context.Context, req *logical.Request, d
 		}
 	}
 
-	if metadataInRequest && len(metadata.(string)) > 0 {
+	if metadataInRequest {
 		metadataBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(metadata.(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			// TODO: Should we clean up the original cert here?