diff --git a/tests/misc/test_split.py b/tests/misc/test_split.py
index 65fa218b1..8d06a9ff9 100644
--- a/tests/misc/test_split.py
+++ b/tests/misc/test_split.py
@@ -114,15 +114,14 @@ def _parse_split_test_data_str():
     """
     tuple_class = collections.namedtuple('TestCase', 'input, keep, no_keep')
 
-    result = []
     for line in test_data_str.splitlines():
         if not line:
             continue
         data = line.split('/')
         item = tuple_class(input=data[0], keep=data[1].split('|'),
                            no_keep=data[2].split('|'))
-        result.append(item)
-    return result
+        yield item
+    yield tuple_class(input='', keep=[], no_keep=[])
 
 
 class TestSplit: