diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/config.c b/usr.sbin/jail/config.c
index ec96c0c95e9..d0b7d266b51 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/jail/config.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/jail/config.c
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ import_params(struct cfjail *j)
 		if (jailparam_init(jp, p->name) < 0) {
 			error = -1;
 			jail_warnx(j, "%s", jail_errmsg);
+			jp++;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (TAILQ_EMPTY(&p->val))