diff --git a/res/res_config_sqlite.c b/res/res_config_sqlite.c
index fbeeac2750..b5b8de4ed0 100644
--- a/res/res_config_sqlite.c
+++ b/res/res_config_sqlite.c
@@ -1154,8 +1154,9 @@ static int add_rt_multi_cfg_entry(void *arg, int argc, char **argv, char **colum
 	ast_category_append(args->cfg, cat);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-		if (!argv[i] || !strcmp(args->initfield, columnNames[i]))
+		if (!argv[i]) {
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (!(var = ast_variable_new(columnNames[i], argv[i], ""))) {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to allocate variable\n");