diff --git a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
index c038a3d91..865324195 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle_checks.xml
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@
     </module>
     <module name="AvoidStaticImport"/>
     <module name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
+    <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
+      <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
+    </module>
 
 <!--
     <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName"/>
@@ -253,7 +256,6 @@
     <module name="DescendantToken"/>
     <module name="DesignForExtension"/>
     <module name="EmptyForInitializerPad"/>
-    <module name="EmptyLineSeparator"/>
     <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
     <module name="ExecutableStatementCount"/>
     <module name="FallThrough"/>