diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def finalize_options(self):

    def run(self):
        if not self.distribution.dist_files:
-            msg = "No dist file created in earlier command"
            raise DistutilsOptionError(msg)
        for command, pyversion, filename in self.distribution.dist_files:
            self.upload_file(command, pyversion, filename)