diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9cb423d86..df04ceeb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1202,7 +1202,6 @@
 
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.AbstractParenPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>88</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.EmptyForInitializerPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>91</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
-            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.EmptyLineSeparatorCheck</pattern><branchRate>95</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.GenericWhitespaceCheck</pattern><branchRate>86</branchRate><lineRate>96</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.NoWhitespaceAfterCheck</pattern><branchRate>94</branchRate><lineRate>98</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.NoWhitespaceBeforeCheck</pattern><branchRate>90</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.java
index 9602f0544..a8cb7682f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.java
@@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ public class EmptyLineSeparatorCheck extends Check {
      * @param astType token Type
      */
     private void processImport(DetailAST ast, DetailAST nextToken, int astType) {
-        if (astType != nextToken.getType() && !hasEmptyLineAfter(ast)
-            || ast.getLineNo() > 1 && !hasEmptyLineBefore(ast)
-                && ast.getPreviousSibling() == null) {
+        if (astType != nextToken.getType() && !hasEmptyLineAfter(ast)) {
             log(nextToken.getLineNo(), MSG_SHOULD_BE_SEPARATED, nextToken.getText());
         }
         if (hasNotAllowedTwoEmptyLinesBefore(ast)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.java
index 84e97676b..d584db1de 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest.java
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
 
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace;
 
-import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.BaseCheckTestSupport;
-import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.MSG_MULTIPLE_LINES;
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.MSG_SHOULD_BE_SEPARATED;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.EmptyLineSeparatorCheck
-.MSG_MULTIPLE_LINES;
-import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.EmptyLineSeparatorCheck
-.MSG_SHOULD_BE_SEPARATED;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.BaseCheckTestSupport;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 
 public class EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest
     extends BaseCheckTestSupport {
@@ -109,9 +110,38 @@ public class EmptyLineSeparatorCheckTest
         DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.class);
         checkConfig.addAttribute("allowMultipleEmptyLines", "false");
         final String[] expected = {
-
+            "1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_SHOULD_BE_SEPARATED, "import"),
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("whitespace/InputEmptyLineSeparatorMultipleImportEmptyClass.java"), expected);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAcceptableTokens() {
+        EmptyLineSeparatorCheck emptyLineSeparatorCheckObj = new EmptyLineSeparatorCheck();
+        int[] actual = emptyLineSeparatorCheckObj.getAcceptableTokens();
+        int[] expected = new int[] {
+            TokenTypes.PACKAGE_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.IMPORT,
+            TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.INTERFACE_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.ENUM_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.STATIC_INIT,
+            TokenTypes.INSTANCE_INIT,
+            TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.CTOR_DEF,
+            TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
+        };
+        Assert.assertNotNull(actual);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrePreviousLineEmpiness() throws Exception {
+        DefaultConfiguration checkConfig = createCheckConfig(EmptyLineSeparatorCheck.class);
+        checkConfig.addAttribute("allowMultipleEmptyLines", "false");
+        final String[] expected = {
+
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("whitespace/InputPrePreviousLineEmptiness.java"), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputEmptyLineSeparatorMultipleImportEmptyClass.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputEmptyLineSeparatorMultipleImportEmptyClass.java
index c61bf3d2f..68b830401 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputEmptyLineSeparatorMultipleImportEmptyClass.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputEmptyLineSeparatorMultipleImportEmptyClass.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.whitespace;
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.whitespace;import java.util.List;
 
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputPrePreviousLineEmptiness.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputPrePreviousLineEmptiness.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0536f37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/whitespace/InputPrePreviousLineEmptiness.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.whitespace;
+
+public class InputPrePreviousLineEmptiness {
+
+}