diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index ca0e34a521..857b8c3930 100755
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static void strip_coloring(char *str)
 {
 	char *src, *dest, *end;
 	
-	if (!src)
+	if (!str)
 		return;
 
 	/* find the first potential escape sequence in the string */