diff --git a/jc/parsers/iptables.py b/jc/parsers/iptables.py
index bbc0c0d3..bb0a1328 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/iptables.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/iptables.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def parse(data):
 
             continue
 
-        if line.find('target') == 0 or line.find('pkts') == 1:
+        elif line.find('target') == 0 or line.find('pkts') == 1:
             headers = []
             headers = [h for h in ' '.join(line.strip().split()).split() if h]
             headers.append("options")