1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/etags.c b/lib-src/etags.c
index 6479e2f12fb..925355f9da0 100644
--- a/lib-src/etags.c
+++ b/lib-src/etags.c
@@ -1707,14 +1707,14 @@ copy_entries_from_old_file (FILE *old_file, const char *old_filename, FILE *out_
               break;
             }
 
+          if (line.len < 0 || strneq (line.buffer, "\f", 1))
+            break;
+
           if (should_copy)
             {
               fwrite (line.buffer, line.len, 1, out_file);
               fputs ("\n", out_file);
             }
-
-          if (line.len < 0 || strneq (line.buffer, "\f", 1))
-            break;
         }
     }