diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index 7c129310ca..4de0dc4f8d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -556,10 +556,13 @@ static bool load_config_locked(struct lxc_container *c, const char *fname)
 {
 	if (!c->lxc_conf)
 		c->lxc_conf = lxc_conf_init();
+
 	if (!c->lxc_conf)
 		return false;
+
 	if (lxc_config_read(fname, c->lxc_conf, false) != 0)
 		return false;
+
 	return true;
 }