diff --git a/internal/pkg/input/record_reader_tsv.go b/internal/pkg/input/record_reader_tsv.go
index c7a06d2de..7b496e725 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/input/record_reader_tsv.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/input/record_reader_tsv.go
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ func getRecordBatchExplicitTSVHeader(
 			}
 		}
 
-		if line == "" {
-			// Reset to new schema
-			reader.headerStrings = nil
-			continue
-		}
-
 		fields := reader.fieldSplitter.Split(line)
 
 		if reader.headerStrings == nil {
diff --git a/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/cmd b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..735d4f3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mlr --itsv --ojson cat ${CASEDIR}/single-column-with-blank.json
diff --git a/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/experr b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/experr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..750e0a578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/experr
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mlr: mlr: TSV header/data length mismatch 1 != 0 at filename test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/single-column-with-blank.json line  4.
+.
diff --git a/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/expout b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/expout
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/should-fail b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/should-fail
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/single-column-with-blank.json b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/single-column-with-blank.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067f339fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/io-spec-tsv/0004/single-column-with-blank.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+a
+1
+2
+
+4
+5