diff --git a/plugins/zfs/zfsonlinux_stats_ b/plugins/zfs/zfsonlinux_stats_
index d96c8fd2..b0bd8b42 100755
--- a/plugins/zfs/zfsonlinux_stats_
+++ b/plugins/zfs/zfsonlinux_stats_
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ while read name type data
 do
     [[ $name =~ ^[0-9].* ]] && continue
     [[ $name == "name" ]] && continue
+    [[ $name == "" ]] && continue
     case $name in
         "hits" )
             export ARC_HITS=$data