diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
index 648ab3ebe..3226278fe 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/importer.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ MwIniImporter::multistrmap MwIniImporter::loadIniFile(const std::string& filenam
             line = line.substr(0, line.length()-1);
         }
 
+        if(line.empty()) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if(line[0] == '[') {
             int pos = line.find(']');
             if(pos < 2) {
@@ -690,10 +694,6 @@ MwIniImporter::multistrmap MwIniImporter::loadIniFile(const std::string& filenam
             line = line.substr(0,comment_pos);
         }
 
-        if(line.empty()) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
         int pos = line.find("=");
         if(pos < 1) {
             continue;