diff --git a/src/common/fileconf.cpp b/src/common/fileconf.cpp
index ab3c4a0f49..6b1f5f5df2 100644
--- a/src/common/fileconf.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fileconf.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ wxFileConfig::wxFileConfig(wxInputStream &inStream, const wxMBConv& conv)
 
         // notice that we throw away the original EOL kind here, maybe we
         // should preserve it?
-        memText.AddLine(wxString(s, e));
+        if ( e != s )
+            memText.AddLine(wxString(s, e));
 
         if ( *e == '\0' )
             break;