diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-books-wink.md b/.changeset/smooth-books-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5eb3fbeba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-books-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'openzeppelin-solidity': major
+---
+
+`ERC1155`: Remove check for address zero in `balanceOf`.
diff --git a/contracts/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.sol b/contracts/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.sol
index b20b711d505..445c3179d97 100644
--- a/contracts/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.sol
+++ b/contracts/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.sol
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ contract ERC1155 is Context, ERC165, IERC1155, IERC1155MetadataURI {
      * - `account` cannot be the zero address.
      */
     function balanceOf(address account, uint256 id) public view virtual override returns (uint256) {
-        require(account != address(0), "ERC1155: address zero is not a valid owner");
         return _balances[id][account];
     }
 
diff --git a/test/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.behavior.js b/test/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.behavior.js
index 96d448a9e2c..c41c69c6255 100644
--- a/test/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.behavior.js
+++ b/test/token/ERC1155/ERC1155.behavior.js
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ function shouldBehaveLikeERC1155([minter, firstTokenHolder, secondTokenHolder, m
 
   describe('like an ERC1155', function () {
     describe('balanceOf', function () {
-      it('reverts when queried about the zero address', async function () {
-        await expectRevert(
-          this.token.balanceOf(ZERO_ADDRESS, firstTokenId),
-          'ERC1155: address zero is not a valid owner',
-        );
+      it('should return 0 when queried about the zero address', async function () {
+        expect(await this.token.balanceOf(ZERO_ADDRESS, firstTokenId)).to.be.bignumber.equal('0');
       });
 
       context("when accounts don't own tokens", function () {
@@ -76,14 +73,15 @@ function shouldBehaveLikeERC1155([minter, firstTokenHolder, secondTokenHolder, m
         );
       });
 
-      it('reverts when one of the addresses is the zero address', async function () {
-        await expectRevert(
-          this.token.balanceOfBatch(
-            [firstTokenHolder, secondTokenHolder, ZERO_ADDRESS],
-            [firstTokenId, secondTokenId, unknownTokenId],
-          ),
-          'ERC1155: address zero is not a valid owner',
+      it('should return 0 as the balance when one of the addresses is the zero address', async function () {
+        const result = await this.token.balanceOfBatch(
+          [firstTokenHolder, secondTokenHolder, ZERO_ADDRESS],
+          [firstTokenId, secondTokenId, unknownTokenId],
         );
+        expect(result).to.be.an('array');
+        expect(result[0]).to.be.a.bignumber.equal('0');
+        expect(result[1]).to.be.a.bignumber.equal('0');
+        expect(result[2]).to.be.a.bignumber.equal('0');
       });
 
       context("when accounts don't own tokens", function () {