diff --git a/src/import/hwpf/fapi2/tools/parseErrorInfo.pl b/src/import/hwpf/fapi2/tools/parseErrorInfo.pl
index 67da0a67972..768a8b101e0 100755
--- a/src/import/hwpf/fapi2/tools/parseErrorInfo.pl
+++ b/src/import/hwpf/fapi2/tools/parseErrorInfo.pl
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ sub addFfdcMethod
                 @elements[$i] =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
                 addFfdcMethod( \%methods, @elements[$i], $err->{rc}, $ffdc_type, $objNum );
 
-                $collectFfdc .= "@elements[$i]"
+                $collectFfdc .= "@elements[$i]";
 
             }
 
@@ -751,11 +751,13 @@ sub addFfdcMethod
 
             # assign the tempRc with newly added ffdc back to the passed in RC
             $collectFfdcStr .= "\tRC = tempRc; \\\n";
-
-            print EIFILE "\\\n{ \\\n$collectFfdcStr \\\n}";
-
         }    #end collectFfdc tag
 
+        if ( defined $collectFfdcStr )
+        {
+            print EIFILE "\\\n{ \\\n$collectFfdcStr}";
+        }
+
         print EIFILE "\n";
 
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------