diff --git a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
index 4970541f9e..3add53950c 100644
--- a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
+++ b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
@@ -3879,7 +3879,7 @@ class Benchmark {
       }
     }
 
-    if (FLAGS_statistics) {
+    if (dbstats) {
       fprintf(stdout, "STATISTICS:\n%s\n", dbstats->ToString().c_str());
     }
     if (FLAGS_simcache_size >= 0) {