diff --git a/lib/cookie.c b/lib/cookie.c
index 5b7ab6633..d8655f790 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.c
+++ b/lib/cookie.c
@@ -1456,22 +1456,9 @@ static int cookie_output(struct CookieInfo *c, const char *dumphere)
   unsigned int j;
   struct Cookie **array;
 
-  if((NULL == c) || (0 == c->numcookies))
-    /* If there are no known cookies, we don't write or even create any
-       destination file */
-    return 0;
-
   /* at first, remove expired cookies */
   remove_expired(c);
 
-  /* make sure we still have cookies after expiration */
-  if(0 == c->numcookies)
-    return 0;
-
-  array = malloc(sizeof(struct Cookie *) * c->numcookies);
-  if(!array)
-    return 1;
-
   if(!strcmp("-", dumphere)) {
     /* use stdout */
     out = stdout;
@@ -1480,7 +1467,6 @@ static int cookie_output(struct CookieInfo *c, const char *dumphere)
   else {
     out = fopen(dumphere, FOPEN_WRITETEXT);
     if(!out) {
-      free(array);
       return 1; /* failure */
     }
   }
@@ -1490,32 +1476,40 @@ static int cookie_output(struct CookieInfo *c, const char *dumphere)
         "# This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.\n\n",
         out);
 
-  j = 0;
-  for(i = 0; i < COOKIE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
-    for(co = c->cookies[i]; co; co = co->next) {
-      if(!co->domain)
-        continue;
-      array[j++] = co;
-    }
-  }
-
-  qsort(array, c->numcookies, sizeof(struct Cookie *), cookie_sort_ct);
-
-  for(i = 0; i < j; i++) {
-    format_ptr = get_netscape_format(array[i]);
-    if(format_ptr == NULL) {
-      fprintf(out, "#\n# Fatal libcurl error\n");
-      free(array);
+  if(c->numcookies) {
+    array = malloc(sizeof(struct Cookie *) * c->numcookies);
+    if(!array) {
       if(!use_stdout)
         fclose(out);
       return 1;
     }
-    fprintf(out, "%s\n", format_ptr);
-    free(format_ptr);
+
+    j = 0;
+    for(i = 0; i < COOKIE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
+      for(co = c->cookies[i]; co; co = co->next) {
+        if(!co->domain)
+          continue;
+        array[j++] = co;
+      }
+    }
+
+    qsort(array, c->numcookies, sizeof(struct Cookie *), cookie_sort_ct);
+
+    for(i = 0; i < j; i++) {
+      format_ptr = get_netscape_format(array[i]);
+      if(format_ptr == NULL) {
+        fprintf(out, "#\n# Fatal libcurl error\n");
+        free(array);
+        if(!use_stdout)
+          fclose(out);
+        return 1;
+      }
+      fprintf(out, "%s\n", format_ptr);
+      free(format_ptr);
+    }
+
+    free(array);
   }
-
-  free(array);
-
   if(!use_stdout)
     fclose(out);
 
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index e58fb27fb..d100eafb5 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test289 test290 test291 test292 test293 test294 test295 test296 test297 \
 test298 test299 test300 test301 test302 test303 test304 test305 test306 \
 test307 test308 test309 test310 test311 test312 test313 test314 test315 \
 test316 test317 test318 test319 test320 test321 test322 test323 test324 \
-test325 test326 \
+test325 test326 test327 \
 \
 test340 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1160 b/tests/data/test1160
index 26a758c4e..3fe689e96 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1160
+++ b/tests/data/test1160
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
 </protocol>
-<file name="log/cookies1160.txt">
+<file name="log/cookies1160.txt" mode="text">
+# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
+# https://curl.haxx.se/docs/http-cookies.html
+# This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.
+
 </file>
 </verify>
 </testcase>
diff --git a/tests/data/test327 b/tests/data/test327
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcb98990f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test327
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+cookies
+header dump
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+# This test verifies that the cookie file gets created even if the last cookie
+# has been removed - particularly important when the file is going to be read
+# again and thus must not contain old contents.
+
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes swsclose
+Set-Cookie: foobar=name; expires=Thu, 22 Nov 2028 10:54:11 GMT;
+
+</data>
+<data2>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes swsclose
+Set-Cookie: foobar=name; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT;
+
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP with cookiejar without cookies left
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/we/want/327 -b none -c log/cookies327 http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/we/want/3270002
+</command>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /we/want/327 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+
+GET /we/want/3270002 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+Cookie: foobar=name
+
+</protocol>
+<file name="log/cookies327" mode="text">
+# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
+# https://curl.haxx.se/docs/http-cookies.html
+# This file was generated by libcurl! Edit at your own risk.
+
+</file>
+</verify>
+</testcase>