diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index a712d525d..75e28f94c 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ sub log_rule_limit( $$$$$$$$ ) {
 
     my $prefix;
 
-    $limit = $globals{LOGLIMIT} unless $limit && $limit ne '-';
+    $limit = $globals{LOGLIMIT} unless $limit && $limit ne '-' && $limit ne '';
 
     $predicates .= $limit;