diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/GeneratorCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/GeneratorCommand.php
index 6e7104dc28f8..a32c2baa196a 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/GeneratorCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/GeneratorCommand.php
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ protected function replaceClass($stub, $name)
      */
     protected function sortImports($stub)
     {
-        if (preg_match('/(?P<imports>(?:use [^;{]+;$\n?)+)/m', $stub, $match)) {
+        if (preg_match('/(?P<imports>(?:^use [^;{]+;$\n?)+)/m', $stub, $match)) {
             $imports = explode("\n", trim($match['imports']));
 
             sort($imports);