diff --git a/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py b/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
index 79899b8b58c..5b2ac219a5d 100755
--- a/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
+++ b/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
@@ -1235,6 +1235,9 @@ def invalid_line(line, reason):
             if not os.path.exists(filename):
                 print >> sys.stderr, 'File %s does not exist' % filename
                 return
+            elif os.path.getsize(filename) == 0:
+                print 'File %s is empty' % filename
+                return
             else:
                 if filename.endswith('.bz2'):
                     open_func = bz2.BZ2File