diff --git a/iam/converter.go b/iam/converter.go
index 957cbc3..ffa2352 100644
--- a/iam/converter.go
+++ b/iam/converter.go
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ var (
 
 	// ErrInvalidActionFormat occurs when action has unknown/unsupported format.
 	ErrInvalidActionFormat = errors.New("invalid action format")
+
+	// ErrActionsNotApplicable occurs when failed to convert any actions.
+	ErrActionsNotApplicable = errors.New("actions not applicable")
 )
 
 type formPrincipalConditionFunc func(string) chain.Condition
diff --git a/iam/converter_native.go b/iam/converter_native.go
index 7eb7cad..e28289b 100644
--- a/iam/converter_native.go
+++ b/iam/converter_native.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package iam
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 const PropertyKeyFilePath = "FilePath"
 
-// ErrActionsNotApplicable occurs when failed to convert any actions.
-var ErrActionsNotApplicable = errors.New("actions not applicable")
-
 var actionToOpMap = map[string][]string{
 	supportedS3ActionDeleteObject: {native.MethodDeleteObject},
 	supportedS3ActionGetObject:    {native.MethodGetObject, native.MethodHeadObject, native.MethodSearchObject, native.MethodRangeObject, native.MethodHashObject},
diff --git a/iam/converter_s3.go b/iam/converter_s3.go
index d136e50..5af957a 100644
--- a/iam/converter_s3.go
+++ b/iam/converter_s3.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ func ConvertToS3Chain(p Policy, resolver S3Resolver) (*chain.Chain, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		ruleAction := chain.Actions{Inverted: actionInverted, Names: actions}
+		if len(ruleAction.Names) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		resources, resourceInverted := statement.resource()
 		if err := validateS3ResourceNames(resources); err != nil {
@@ -57,6 +60,10 @@ func ConvertToS3Chain(p Policy, resolver S3Resolver) (*chain.Chain, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(engineChain.Rules) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrActionsNotApplicable
+	}
+
 	return &engineChain, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/iam/converter_test.go b/iam/converter_test.go
index 000d5cd..ba918eb 100644
--- a/iam/converter_test.go
+++ b/iam/converter_test.go
@@ -279,6 +279,22 @@ func TestConverters(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Error(t, err)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("invalid policy (missing s3 actions)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := Policy{
+			Version: "2012-10-17",
+			Statement: []Statement{{
+				Principal: map[PrincipalType][]string{
+					AWSPrincipalType: {principal},
+				},
+				Effect:   AllowEffect,
+				Resource: []string{"arn:aws:s3:::" + resource},
+			}},
+		}
+
+		_, err := ConvertToS3Chain(p, mockResolver)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("valid mixed iam/s3 actions", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p := Policy{
 			Statement: []Statement{{