diff --git a/src/config-store/model/raw-text-config.cc b/src/config-store/model/raw-text-config.cc
index 8aa4b1dab..6e243d8a8 100644
--- a/src/config-store/model/raw-text-config.cc
+++ b/src/config-store/model/raw-text-config.cc
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void
 RawTextConfigLoad::Attributes (void)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+  m_is->clear ();
   m_is->seekg (0);
   std::string type, path, value;
   *m_is >> type >> path >> value;