diff --git a/etc/inc/filter.inc b/etc/inc/filter.inc
index fc6bdb3ec8..f9c443b7d3 100644
--- a/etc/inc/filter.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/filter.inc
@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ function discover_pkg_rules($ruletype) {
 			if ($status <> 0) {
 				$errorrules = sprintf(gettext("There was an error while parsing the package filter rules for %s."), $pkg_inc) . "\n";
 				log_error($errorrules);
-				file_put_contents("{$g['tmp_path']}/rules.packages.{$pkg}", "#{$errorrules}\n");
+				file_put_contents("{$g['tmp_path']}/rules.packages.{$pkg}", "#{$errorrules}\n{$tmprules}\n");
 				continue;
 			}
 			$rules .= $tmprules;