diff --git a/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.cpp b/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.cpp
index efb283fc3d..bc70ba37f5 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.cpp
+++ b/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.cpp
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ LasWell::GetRecord(std:: ifstream           & fin,
       record.insert(record.end(), items.begin(), items.end());
     }
   }
-  return(true);
+  return(!record.empty());
 }
 
 void LasWell::AddLog(const std::string         & name,