diff --git a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/ssh.py b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/ssh.py
index a79187e5352..6c0ab9917c1 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/ssh.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/plugins/connections/ssh.py
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                 if line is None or " " not in line:
                     continue
                 tokens = line.split()
+                if not tokens:
+                    continue
                 if tokens[0].find(self.HASHED_KEY_MAGIC) == 0:
                     # this is a hashed known host entry
                     try: