1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 061462ebc..07646e02a 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static void print_line(const char *line, int linenum, char decoration)
 {
 #ifdef BB_FEATURE_GREP_CONTEXT
        /* possibly print the little '--' seperator */
-        if (last_line_printed && last_line_printed < linenum - 1) {
+        if ((lines_before || lines_after) && last_line_printed &&
+                        last_line_printed < linenum - 1) {
                puts("--");
        }
        last_line_printed = linenum;