diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index 4d93b1a56b..a69b47bab0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -870,11 +870,12 @@ class HTMLConverter(object, LoggingInterface):
                 append_text(src)    
         else:
             srcs = src.split('\n')
-            for src in srcs:
-                if src:
-                    append_text(src)
-                    if len(srcs) > 1:                
-                        self.line_break()
+            for src in srcs[:-1]:
+                append_text(src)
+                self.line_break()
+            last = srcs[-1]
+            if len(last):
+                append_text(last)
         
     def line_break(self):
         self.current_para.append(CR())