diff --git a/source/library/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/SplitExactModule.hs b/source/library/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/SplitExactModule.hs
index c2cdccf..9f1e64b 100644
--- a/source/library/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/SplitExactModule.hs
+++ b/source/library/Language/Haskell/Brittany/Internal/SplitExactModule.hs
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ groupifyImportLines ls = finalToList_ $ go (PartialCommsOnly []) ls
       finalYield $ NewlineComment comm
     PartialImport partialRecord ->
       finalYield $ ImportStatement $ unpartial partialRecord
-  go acc (line1 : lineR) = do
+  go acc (EmptyLines 0 : lineR) = go acc lineR
+  go acc (line1        : lineR) = do
     newAcc <- case acc of
       PartialCommsOnly comms -> case line1 of
         e@EmptyLines{} -> do