diff --git a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse.go b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse.go
index 66fbd244c5d..0a1a9e7b16f 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/caddyfile/parse.go
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func (p *parser) doImport(nesting int) error {
 		// format, won't check for nesting correctness or any other error, that's what parser does.
 		if !maybeSnippet && nesting == 0 {
 			// first of the line
-			if i == 0 || isNextOnNewLine(importedTokens[i-1], token) {
+			if i == 0 || isNextOnNewLine(tokensCopy[i-1], token) {
 				index = 0
 			} else {
 				index++