diff --git a/advisors/check_upstream.py b/advisors/check_upstream.py
index 22e3ccc58437cc6ae02223581ea1da67148128d5..873c614bc68bc1d7e3a6442592b677e776bb4763 100755
--- a/advisors/check_upstream.py
+++ b/advisors/check_upstream.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def clean_tags(tags, info):
         separator_regex = re.compile(info["seperator"])
         result_list = [separator_regex.sub(".", x) for x in result_list]
 
-    result_list = [x for x in result_list if x[0].isdigit()]
+    result_list = [x for x in result_list if len(x) > 0 and x[0].isdigit()]
     
     return result_list