diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 6d53c8b956..24c2fe2a1b 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1407,6 +1407,7 @@ sub git_print_log ($;%) {
 	foreach my $line (@$log) {
 		if ($line =~ m/^ *(signed[ \-]off[ \-]by[ :]|acked[ \-]by[ :]|cc[ :])/i) {
 			$signoff = 1;
+			$empty = 0;
 			if (! $opts{'-remove_signoff'}) {
 				print "<span class=\"signoff\">" . esc_html($line) . "</span><br/>\n";
 				next;