diff --git a/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py b/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
index c3a9c0c0f8b7dd6676f0a83b2da85cea720ce60d..909d973dbb40aaf80e7a5dfa9f83430909fff393 100755
--- a/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
+++ b/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py
@@ -951,10 +951,9 @@ class Recorder(object):
 
         stats.dates_recorded.add(hit.date.date())
 
-        if config.options.strip_query_string:
-            path = hit.path
-        else:
-            path = '%s%s%s' % (hit.path, config.options.query_string_delimiter, hit.query_string)
+        path = hit.path
+        if hit.query_string and not config.options.strip_query_string:
+            path += config.options.query_string_delimiter + hit.query_string
 
         args = {
             'rec': '1',