diff --git a/cmds/incidentd/src/IncidentService.cpp b/cmds/incidentd/src/IncidentService.cpp
index c2f0100..05a43ad 100644
--- a/cmds/incidentd/src/IncidentService.cpp
+++ b/cmds/incidentd/src/IncidentService.cpp
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
                 fflush(fout);
                 fclose(fout);
             }
-            if (fout != NULL) {
+            if (ferr != NULL) {
                 fflush(ferr);
                 fclose(ferr);
             }