--- a/src/ov-cx-mat.cc	Thu Mar 19 17:46:38 2009 +0100
+++ b/src/ov-cx-mat.cc	Fri Mar 20 11:39:25 2009 +0100
@@ -353,20 +353,15 @@
 		{
 		  ComplexNDArray tmp(dv);
 
-		  if (tmp.is_empty ())
-		    matrix = tmp;
-		  else
-		    {
-		      is >> tmp;
+                  is >> tmp;
 
-		      if (is)
-			matrix = tmp;
-		      else
-			{
-			  error ("load: failed to load matrix constant");
-			  success = false;
-			}
-		    }
+                  if (is)
+                    matrix = tmp;
+                  else
+                    {
+                      error ("load: failed to load matrix constant");
+                      success = false;
+                    }
 		}
 	      else
 		{