diff --git a/packetbeat/route/route_windows_test.go b/packetbeat/route/route_windows_test.go
index f216dabc3389..072205716348 100644
--- a/packetbeat/route/route_windows_test.go
+++ b/packetbeat/route/route_windows_test.go
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ func defaultRoute(af int) (name string, index int, err error) {
 	}
 	sc := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(r))
 	for inTable := false; sc.Scan(); {
-		f := strings.Fields(sc.Text())
-		if len(f) == 0 {
+		if len(bytes.TrimSpace(sc.Bytes())) == 0 {
+			if inTable {
+				break
+			}
 			continue
 		}
+		f := strings.Fields(sc.Text())
 		if !inTable {
 			inTable = f[0] == "-------"
 			continue