diff --git a/centreon/plugins/templates/counter.pm b/centreon/plugins/templates/counter.pm
index 12bbf74b0..9ccd0394f 100644
--- a/centreon/plugins/templates/counter.pm
+++ b/centreon/plugins/templates/counter.pm
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ sub run_global {
                                     short_msg => "${prefix_output}${short_msg}${suffix_output}"
                                     );
     } else {
-        $self->{output}->output_add(short_msg => "${prefix_output}${long_msg}${suffix_output}");
+        $self->{output}->output_add(short_msg => "${prefix_output}${long_msg}${suffix_output}") if ($long_msg ne '');
     }
 }