diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/strings/InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/strings/InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule.java
index 922f41a6a9..b6f0243767 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/strings/InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/strings/InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule.java
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ public class InefficientEmptyStringCheckRule extends AbstractInefficientZeroChec
         }
         return data;
     }
+
 }