diff --git a/dlls/kernel/profile.c b/dlls/kernel/profile.c
index 6e85de3dabe..aef63c472fe 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/profile.c
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ static INT PROFILE_GetSection( PROFILESECTION *section, LPCWSTR section_name,
                 if (len <= 2) break;
                 if (!*key->name) continue;  /* Skip empty lines */
                 if (IS_ENTRY_COMMENT(key->name)) continue;  /* Skip comments */
+                if (!key->value) continue;  /* Skip lines w.o. '=' */
                 PROFILE_CopyEntry( buffer, key->name, len - 1, 0 );
                 len -= strlenW(buffer) + 1;
                 buffer += strlenW(buffer) + 1;
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/tests/profile.c b/dlls/kernel/tests/profile.c
index 78be6b21a9f..ed7471dfe4f 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/tests/profile.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel/tests/profile.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define KEY      "ProfileInt"
 #define SECTION  "Test"
 #define TESTFILE ".\\testwine.ini"
+#define TESTFILE2 ".\\testwine2.ini"
 
 struct _profileInt { 
     LPCSTR section;
@@ -88,7 +89,44 @@ static void test_profile_int(void)
     DeleteFileA( TESTFILE);
 }
 
+void test_profile_string()
+{
+    HANDLE h;
+    int ret;
+    DWORD count;
+    char buf[100];
+    char *p;
+    /* test that lines without an '=' will not be enumerated */
+    /* in the case below, name2 is a key while name3 is not. */
+    char content[]="[s]\r\nname1=val1\r\nname2=\r\nname3\r\nname4=val4\r\n";
+    DeleteFileA( TESTFILE2);
+    h = CreateFileA( TESTFILE2, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS,
+        FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+    ok( h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, " cannot create %s\n", TESTFILE2);
+    if( h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return;
+    WriteFile( h, content, sizeof(content), &count, NULL);
+    CloseHandle( h);
+    /* enumerate the keys */
+    ret=GetPrivateProfileStringA( "s", NULL, "", buf, sizeof(buf),
+        TESTFILE2);
+    for( p = buf + strlen(buf) + 1; *p;p += strlen(p)+1) 
+        p[-1] = ',';
+    /* and test */
+    ok( !strcmp( buf, "name1,name2,name4"), "wrong keys returned: %s\n",
+            buf);
+    /* add a new key to test that the file is quite usable */
+    WritePrivateProfileStringA( "s", "name5", "val5", TESTFILE2); 
+    ret=GetPrivateProfileStringA( "s", NULL, "", buf, sizeof(buf),
+        TESTFILE2);
+    for( p = buf + strlen(buf) + 1; *p;p += strlen(p)+1) 
+        p[-1] = ',';
+    ok( !strcmp( buf, "name1,name2,name4,name5"), "wrong keys returned: %s\n",
+            buf);
+    DeleteFileA( TESTFILE2);
+}
+
 START_TEST(profile)
 {
     test_profile_int();
+    test_profile_string();
 }