diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index e3bae7d56f..5e2cc5c84b 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@ module.exports = RedisManager =
 				return callback(error)
 
 			jsonOps = appliedOps.map (op) -> JSON.stringify op
-			if jsonOps.indexOf("\u0000") != -1
-				error = new Error("null bytes found in jsonOps")
-				logger.error err: error, doc_id: doc_id, jsonOps: jsonOps, error.message
-				return callback(error)
+			for op in jsonOps
+				if op.indexOf("\u0000") != -1
+					error = new Error("null bytes found in jsonOps")
+					logger.error err: error, doc_id: doc_id, jsonOps: jsonOps, error.message
+					return callback(error)
 
 			newDocLines = JSON.stringify(docLines)
 			if newDocLines.indexOf("\u0000") != -1