diff --git a/server/core/dcb.c b/server/core/dcb.c
index 6eeb0b8ff..480fb307d 100644
--- a/server/core/dcb.c
+++ b/server/core/dcb.c
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ DCB	*dcb;
 			dcb_printf(pdcb, "\tService:            %s\n", dcb->session->service->name);
 		if (dcb->remote)
 			dcb_printf(pdcb, "\tConnected to:       %s\n", dcb->remote);
-		dcb_printf(pdcb, "\tQueued write data:  %d\n", gwbuf_length(dcb->writeq));
+		if (dcb->writeq)
+			dcb_printf(pdcb, "\tQueued write data:  %d\n", gwbuf_length(dcb->writeq));
 		dcb_printf(pdcb, "\tStatistics:\n");
 		dcb_printf(pdcb, "\t\tNo. of Reads:           %d\n", dcb->stats.n_reads);
 		dcb_printf(pdcb, "\t\tNo. of Writes:          %d\n", dcb->stats.n_writes);