diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheck.java
index 791e2ec097e1..73273ac64b7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/imports/ImportOrderCheck.java
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ private boolean isSeparatorInGroup(int groupIdx, boolean isStatic, int line) {
      * @return true if there is separator before current import which isn't the first import.
      */
     private boolean isSeparatorBeforeImport(int line) {
-        return !beforeFirstImport && line - lastImportLine > 1;
+        return true && line - lastImportLine > 1;
     }
 
     /**