diff --git a/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in b/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
index 08d9277f8..97286b0c2 100644
--- a/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
+++ b/tests/kdc/check-kdc.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ${kadmin} check ${R2} || exit 1
 
 echo "Extracting enctypes"
 ${ktutil} -k ${keytab} list > tempfile || exit 1
-grep -ve '^FILE:' tempfile | grep -ve '^Vno' | \
+grep -ve '^FILE:' tempfile | grep -ve '^Vno' | grep -ve '^$' | \
     awk '/1/ !~ $1 { exit 1 }' || exit 1
 
 ${kadmin} get foo@${R} > tempfile || exit 1