1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
index 8f5af579f3..0f158c39f1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class OEStreamLogger(object):
         self.buffer = ""
 
     def write(self, msg):
-        if msg[-1] != '\n':
+        if len(msg) > 1 and msg[0] != '\n':
             self.buffer += msg
         else:
             self.logger.log(logging.INFO, self.buffer.rstrip("\n"))