diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
index 03852eb185..6df6b7c381 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/parse-stdout.service.js
@@ -258,11 +258,7 @@ export default ['$log', 'moment', function($log, moment){
                 .split("\r\n");
 
             if (lineNums.length > lines.length) {
-                let padBy = lineNums.length - lines.length;
-
-                for (let i = 0; i <= padBy; i++) {
-                    lines.push("");
-                }
+                lineNums = lineNums.slice(0, lines.length);
             }
 
             lines = this.distributeColors(lines);
diff --git a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
index 069a7d47eb..586be5a6be 100644
--- a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/parse-stdout.service-test.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('parseStdoutService', () => {
                 end_line: 11,
                 stdout: "a\r\nb\r\nc..."
             };
-            let expectedReturn = [[8, "a"],[9, "b"], [10,"c..."], [11, ""]];
+            let expectedReturn = [[8, "a"],[9, "b"], [10,"c..."]];
 
             let returnedEvent = parseStdoutService.getLineArr(mockEvent);