diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go b/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
index c0236ece8..1f96f04b1 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/mock_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func releaseStub(name string, vers int, namespace string, status rspb.Status) *r
 		Version:   vers,
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Info:      &rspb.Info{Status: status},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"k1": "v1",
+			"k2": "v2",
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/storage/driver/util.go b/pkg/storage/driver/util.go
index 96e31afdc..f6f97f947 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/driver/util.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/driver/util.go
@@ -104,10 +104,5 @@ func filterSystemLabels(lbs map[string]string) map[string]string {
 			result[k] = v
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Workaround to make tests work while labels storage is not implemented for SQL storage driver
-	if len(result) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
 	return result
 }