diff --git a/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js b/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
index 3238f97a..bdd4ed16 100644
--- a/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
+++ b/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ tree.Ruleset.prototype = {
             rulesetNodes = [],
             selector,      // The fully rendered selector
             debugInfo,     // Line number debugging
-            rule,
-            importNodes = [];
+            rule;
 
         this.mergeRules();
 
@@ -207,17 +206,13 @@ tree.Ruleset.prototype = {
 
         for (i = 0; i < this.rules.length; i++) {
             rule = this.rules[i];
-            if (rule instanceof tree.Import) {
-                importNodes.push(rule);
-            } else if (this.root || rule.rules || (rule instanceof tree.Media) || rule instanceof tree.Directive) {
+            if (rule.rules || (rule instanceof tree.Media) || rule instanceof tree.Directive || (this.root && rule instanceof tree.Comment)) {
                 rulesetNodes.push(rule);
             } else {
                 ruleNodes.push(rule);
             }
         }
 
-        rulesetNodes = importNodes.concat(rulesetNodes);
-
         for (i = 0; i < rulesetNodes.length; i++) {
             rulesets.push(rulesetNodes[i].toCSS(env));
         }
diff --git a/test/css/import-inline.css b/test/css/import-inline.css
index f28e19c6..f198d3c1 100644
--- a/test/css/import-inline.css
+++ b/test/css/import-inline.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+this isn't very valid CSS.
 @media (min-width: 600px) {
   #css { color: yellow; }
 
 }
-this isn't very valid CSS.
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