diff --git a/scripts/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 7d454e359d25..116f0c33c16d 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sub parse_abi {
 					# New "tag" is actually part of
 					# description. Don't consider it a tag
 					$new_tag = "";
-				} else {
+				} elsif ($tag ne "") {
 					parse_error($file, $ln, "tag '$tag' is invalid", $_);
 				}
 			}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sub parse_abi {
 				next;
 			}
 
-			if ($new_tag) {
+			if ($tag ne "" && $new_tag) {
 				$tag = $new_tag;
 
 				if ($new_what) {