diff --git a/src/tool_progress.c b/src/tool_progress.c
index b03fbf16a1..d29bfdc4da 100644
--- a/src/tool_progress.c
+++ b/src/tool_progress.c
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ static char *max5data(curl_off_t bytes, char *max5)
   /* a signed 64-bit value is 8192 petabytes maximum */
   const char unit[] = { 'k', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 0 };
   int k = 0;
-  if(bytes < 100000)
+  if(bytes < 100000) {
     msnprintf(max5, 6, "%5" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T, bytes);
+    return max5;
+  }
 
   do {
     curl_off_t nbytes = bytes / 1024;