diff --git a/s3api/controllers/object-post.go b/s3api/controllers/object-post.go
index 4f4df452..3dbba5c6 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/object-post.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/object-post.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (c S3ApiController) CompleteMultipartUpload(ctx *fiber.Ctx) (*Response, err
 			MetaOpts: &MetaOptions{
 				BucketOwner: parsedAcl.Owner,
 			},
-		}, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrEmptyParts)
+		}, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrMalformedXML)
 	}
 
 	var mpuObjectSize *int64
diff --git a/s3api/controllers/object-post_test.go b/s3api/controllers/object-post_test.go
index cf07ec77..57fcff8f 100644
--- a/s3api/controllers/object-post_test.go
+++ b/s3api/controllers/object-post_test.go
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func TestS3ApiController_CompleteMultipartUpload(t *testing.T) {
 						BucketOwner: "root",
 					},
 				},
-				err: s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrEmptyParts),
+				err: s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrMalformedXML),
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/s3err/s3err.go b/s3err/s3err.go
index 85fb111f..627069ce 100644
--- a/s3err/s3err.go
+++ b/s3err/s3err.go
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ const (
 	ErrInvalidPartNumberMarker
 	ErrInvalidObjectAttributes
 	ErrInvalidPart
-	ErrEmptyParts
 	ErrInvalidPartNumber
 	ErrInvalidPartOrder
 	ErrInvalidCompleteMpPartNumber
@@ -311,11 +310,6 @@ var errorCodeResponse = map[ErrorCode]APIError{
 		Description:    "One or more of the specified parts could not be found.  The part may not have been uploaded, or the specified entity tag may not match the part's entity tag.",
 		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	},
-	ErrEmptyParts: {
-		Code:           "InvalidRequest",
-		Description:    "You must specify at least one part",
-		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
-	},
 	ErrInvalidPartNumber: {
 		Code:           "InvalidArgument",
 		Description:    "Part number must be an integer between 1 and 10000, inclusive.",
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests.go b/tests/integration/tests.go
index 9c7e9aa0..cfbdb360 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests.go
+++ b/tests/integration/tests.go
@@ -13012,7 +13012,7 @@ func CompleteMultipartUpload_empty_parts(s *S3Conf) error {
 			},
 		})
 		cancel()
-		if err := checkApiErr(err, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrEmptyParts)); err != nil {
+		if err := checkApiErr(err, s3err.GetAPIError(s3err.ErrMalformedXML)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}