diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 55f2c2d788..c191b98075 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-12-04  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
+
+	* scripts/bench.pl: Skip over blank lines.
+
 2013-12-04  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	[BZ #926]
diff --git a/scripts/bench.pl b/scripts/bench.pl
index 492ab816ed..6ad93fa5ae 100755
--- a/scripts/bench.pl
+++ b/scripts/bench.pl
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ LINE:while (<INPUTS>) {
     }
   }
 
-  # Skip over comments.
-  if (/^#/) {
+  # Skip over comments and blank lines.
+  if (/^#/ || /^$/) {
     next LINE;
   }
   push (@curvals, $_);