diff --git a/input/event.c b/input/event.c
index 76ddae279c..266e0294e2 100644
--- a/input/event.c
+++ b/input/event.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int mp_event_drop_mime_data(struct input_ctx *ictx, const char *mime_type,
         while (data.len) {
             bstr line = bstr_getline(data, &data);
             line = bstr_strip_linebreaks(line);
-            if (bstr_startswith0(line, "#"))
+            if (bstr_startswith0(line, "#") || !line.start[0])
                 continue;
             char *s = bstrto0(tmp, line);
             MP_TARRAY_APPEND(tmp, files, num_files, s);