diff --git a/lib/command.c b/lib/command.c
index edf7348ba7..b7690eac4c 100644
--- a/lib/command.c
+++ b/lib/command.c
@@ -290,10 +290,12 @@ vector cmd_make_strvec(const char *string)
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vector_active(result); i++) {
 		if (strlen(vector_slot(result, i)) == 0) {
 			XFREE(MTYPE_TMP, vector_slot(result, i));
-			vector_remove(result, i);
-			--i;
+			vector_unset(result, i);
 		}
 	}
+
+	vector_compact(result);
+
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vector.c b/lib/vector.c
index 696e260cdf..0631e836f6 100644
--- a/lib/vector.c
+++ b/lib/vector.c
@@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ void vector_remove(vector v, unsigned int ix)
 	v->index[v->active] = NULL;
 }
 
+void vector_compact(vector v)
+{
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vector_active(v); ++i) {
+		if (vector_slot(v, i) == NULL) {
+			vector_remove(v, i);
+			--i;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void vector_unset_value(vector v, void *val)
 {
 	size_t i;
diff --git a/lib/vector.h b/lib/vector.h
index 21732a300e..97e15da040 100644
--- a/lib/vector.h
+++ b/lib/vector.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern int vector_set_index(vector v, unsigned int i, void *val);
 extern void vector_unset(vector v, unsigned int i);
 extern void vector_unset_value(vector v, void *val);
 extern void vector_remove(vector v, unsigned int ix);
+extern void vector_compact(vector v);
 
 extern unsigned int vector_count(vector v);
 extern void vector_free(vector v);
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 803b1c408d..9e9e90ef31 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ int vty_out(struct vty *vty, const char *format, ...)
 		vector lines = frrstr_split_vec(buf, "\n");
 
 		frrstr_filter_vec(lines, &vty->include);
+		vector_compact(lines);
 
 		/*
 		 * Consider the string "foo\n". If the regex is an empty string