diff --git a/src/dumpstats.c b/src/dumpstats.c
index 7e2a1d295..da26f80d7 100644
--- a/src/dumpstats.c
+++ b/src/dumpstats.c
@@ -3211,7 +3211,7 @@ static int stats_dump_fields_csv(struct chunk *out, const struct field *stats)
 		if (!chunk_strcat(out, ","))
 			return 0;
 	}
-	chunk_strcat(&trash, "\n");
+	chunk_strcat(out, "\n");
 	return 1;
 }