diff --git a/org.sat4j.pb/src/main/java/org/sat4j/pb/OPBStringSolver.java b/org.sat4j.pb/src/main/java/org/sat4j/pb/OPBStringSolver.java
index fda00336697b4bec051512860b2f7e7f2f50c600..7ea73ebf809f0fd5b3cf584c49430fcd1dd71ffe 100644
--- a/org.sat4j.pb/src/main/java/org/sat4j/pb/OPBStringSolver.java
+++ b/org.sat4j.pb/src/main/java/org/sat4j/pb/OPBStringSolver.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class OPBStringSolver extends DimacsStringSolver implements IPBSolver {
             tmp.append(nVars());
             tmp.append(" #constraint= ");
             tmp.append(this.nbOfConstraints);
-            if (this.obj != null) {
+            if (this.obj != null && !this.obj.getCoeffs().isEmpty()) {
                 tmp.append("\n");
                 tmp.append("min: ");
                 tmp.append(this.obj);