diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 6d2dcff0b6..3eda914518 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -329,13 +329,9 @@ void stop_progress(struct progress **p_progress)
 			trace2_data_intmax("progress", the_repository,
 					   "total_bytes",
 					   (*p_progress)->throughput->curr_total);
-	}
 
-	trace2_region_leave("progress",
-			    p_progress && *p_progress
-				? (*p_progress)->title
-				: NULL,
-			    the_repository);
+		trace2_region_leave("progress", (*p_progress)->title, the_repository);
+	}
 
 	stop_progress_msg(p_progress, _("done"));
 }