diff --git a/src/engine/Scrub.c b/src/engine/Scrub.c
index f3e40040af..0f6f2a4f69 100644
--- a/src/engine/Scrub.c
+++ b/src/engine/Scrub.c
@@ -407,14 +407,15 @@ xaccTransScrubImbalance (Transaction *trans, AccountGroup *root,
 
   ENTER ("()");
 
-  /* If the transaction is balanced, nothing more to do */
-  imbalance = xaccTransGetImbalance (trans);
-  if (gnc_numeric_zero_p (imbalance)) return;
-
+  /* Must look or orphan splits even if there is no imbalance. */
   xaccTransBeginEdit(trans);
   xaccTransScrubSplits (trans);
   xaccTransCommitEdit(trans);
 
+  /* If the transaction is balanced, nothing more to do */
+  imbalance = xaccTransGetImbalance (trans);
+  if (gnc_numeric_zero_p (imbalance)) return;
+
   if (!account)
   {
     if (!root)