diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 97ff444619..a0bacb8d22 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ git-annex (7.20190323) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Fix bug that caused importing from a special remote to repeatedly
     download unchanged files when multiple files in the remote have the same
     content.
+  * Made git-annex sync --content much faster when all the remotes it's
+    syncing with are export/import remotes.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:07:53 -0400
 
diff --git a/Command/Sync.hs b/Command/Sync.hs
index 49661550bb..99410629f4 100644
--- a/Command/Sync.hs
+++ b/Command/Sync.hs
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ newer remote b = do
  - When concurrency is enabled, files are processed concurrently.
  -}
 seekSyncContent :: SyncOptions -> [Remote] -> CurrBranch -> Annex Bool
+seekSyncContent _ [] _ = return False
 seekSyncContent o rs currbranch = do
 	mvar <- liftIO newEmptyMVar
 	bloom <- case keyOptions o of