diff --git a/include/mask.cpp b/include/mask.cpp
index bffb53ff9..56058c6a7 100755
--- a/include/mask.cpp
+++ b/include/mask.cpp
@@ -2201,31 +2201,33 @@ int TMask::load_profile(int num, bool reset)
   
     TString16 name; name << num;  
     TAssoc_array& var = ini.list_variables(name);
-  
-    for (int pos = fields()-1; pos >= 0; pos--)
-    {
-      TMask_field& f = fld(pos);
-      if (f.is_loadable() && f.get_default().empty())
-      {
-        name.format("F_%d", f.dlg());
-        if (reset || var.objptr(name) != NULL)
-        {
-          if (f.is_sheet())
-          {
-            TSheet_field& sf = (TSheet_field&)f;
-            sf.destroy(); 
-            for (int r = 0; ini.exist(name,r); r++)
-              sf.row(r) = ini.get(name, NULL, r);
-            sf.force_update();  
-          }
-          else
-          {
-            if (!f.is_firm())
-              f.set(ini.get(name));
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
+		if (var.items() > 0)
+		{
+			for (int pos = fields()-1; pos >= 0; pos--)
+			{
+				TMask_field& f = fld(pos);
+				if (f.is_loadable() && f.get_default().empty())
+				{
+					name.format("F_%d", f.dlg());
+					if (reset || var.objptr(name) != NULL)
+					{
+						if (f.is_sheet())
+						{
+							TSheet_field& sf = (TSheet_field&)f;
+							sf.destroy(); 
+							for (int r = 0; ini.exist(name,r); r++)
+								sf.row(r) = ini.get(name, NULL, r);
+							sf.force_update();  
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							if (!f.is_firm())
+								f.set(ini.get(name));
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
   }
   
   return num;