diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/posix_acl/posixacl.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/posix_acl/posixacl.rb
index 756c516..2dae274 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/posix_acl/posixacl.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/posix_acl/posixacl.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ def permission=(_value)
           end
         end
       end
-      set_perm(perm_to_set, @resource.value(:path))
+      # It's possible we don't have any perms to set if we only removed some
+      set_perm(perm_to_set, @resource.value(:path)) unless perm_to_set_check.empty?
     end
   end
 end