diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index b1ec46f2f..2f886d92e 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,7 @@ int readcfgfile(const char *file)
 						 file, linenum);
 					err_code |= ERR_ALERT | ERR_FATAL;
 					fatal++;
+					outlinesize = 0;
 					goto next_line;
 				}
 				/* try again */