diff --git a/tools/virtio/virtio-trace/trace-agent-ctl.c b/tools/virtio/virtio-trace/trace-agent-ctl.c
index 73d253d4b559..39860be6e2d8 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/virtio-trace/trace-agent-ctl.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/virtio-trace/trace-agent-ctl.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int wait_order(int ctl_fd)
 
 		if (ret)
 			break;
-	};
+	}
 
 	return ret;