diff --git a/check-pol b/check-pol
index 4b5cc826c..98cf75cbd 100755
--- a/check-pol
+++ b/check-pol
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BASE="$(dirname "$BASE")"
 cd "$BASE" || exit 1
 
 git diff --name-only $1 | while IFS='/' read -ra LINE; do
-if [[ "${LINE[0]}" = "data" ]]; then
+if [[ "${LINE[0]}" = "data" && -n "${LINE[2]}" ]]; then
 	utils/schema-check/dn42-schema.py -v policy ${LINE[1]} ${LINE[2]} $2
 fi
 done