diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 76fd00e3c..b75fd5e83 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ namespace {
         }
         fputc('\n', output);
         PrintCallstack(output, ex);
-        fflush(f);
+        fflush(output);
         return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;
     }
 }