diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 0511266..4f616ba 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -2114,9 +2114,17 @@
         }
 
         if (have_prefs || op->life) {
-            for (; col < 40; ++col) {
-                putc(' ', qemu_logfile);
+
+            QemuLogFile *logfile;
+
+            rcu_read_lock();
+            logfile = atomic_rcu_read(&qemu_logfile);
+            if (logfile) {
+                for (; col < 40; ++col) {
+                    putc(' ', logfile->fd);
+                }
             }
+            rcu_read_unlock();
         }
 
         if (op->life) {