diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 8fed7a2dd..f0074d0a5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ inp_read(FILE *fp, int call_depth, char *dir_name, bool comfile, bool intfile)
         return rv;
     }
 
-    if (call_depth == 0 && found_end == TRUE) {
+    if (call_depth == 0 && !comfile) {
         cc->li_next = xx_new_line(cc->li_next, copy(".global gnd"), 1, 0);
 
         if (inp_compat_mode == COMPATMODE_ALL ||