diff --git a/git-secrets b/git-secrets
index 11be153..7cd5777 100755
--- a/git-secrets
+++ b/git-secrets
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ aws_provider() {
   [ -z "$fi" ] && fi=~/.aws/credentials
   # Find keys and ensure that special characters are escaped.
   if [ -f $fi ]; then
-    awk -F "=" '/aws_access_key_id|aws_secret_access_key/ {print $2}' $fi \
+    awk -F "=" '/aws_access_key_id|aws_secret_access_key/ && $2 {print $2}' $fi \
       | tr -d ' "' \
       | sed 's/[]\.|$(){}?+*^]/\\&/g'
   fi