1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ui-stats.c b/ui-stats.c
index a9c13fd..8cd9178 100644
--- a/ui-stats.c
+++ b/ui-stats.c
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ static void add_commit(struct string_list *authors, struct commit *commit,
         period->trunc(date);
         tmp = xstrdup(period->pretty(date));
         item = string_list_insert(items, tmp);
-        if (item->util)
-                free(tmp);
         counter = (uintptr_t *)&item->util;
+        if (*counter)
+                free(tmp);
         (*counter)++;
 
         authorstat->total++;