diff --git a/scripts/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py b/scripts/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py
index 020bb4dd..ad936a5c 100755
--- a/scripts/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ value_string_array_re = re.compile(
   re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
 
 members = r'(\.(value|str)\s*=\s*)?'
-terminator_re = re.compile('{\s*' + members + '(0|NULL)\s*,'
+terminator_re = re.compile('{}|{\s*' + members + '(0|NULL)\s*,'
                            '\s*' + members + '(0|NULL)\s*}')
 errors_found = 0