diff --git a/.github/checks/lastline.sh b/.github/checks/lastline.sh
index d80d2fb57..d243a01e1 100755
--- a/.github/checks/lastline.sh
+++ b/.github/checks/lastline.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nl='
 '
 nl=$'\n'
 r1="${nl}$"
-FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f \( -name \*.inc -o -name Makefile -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.mac -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | while read f; do
+FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f -size +0 \( -name \*.inc -o -name Makefile -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.mac -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | while read f; do
     t=$(tail -c2 $f; printf x)
     [[ ${t%x} =~ $r1 ]] || echo "$f"
 done`