diff --git a/src/tools/tracegen/ctf.cpp b/src/tools/tracegen/ctf.cpp
index 03de8a5f15..a99757cd6c 100644
--- a/src/tools/tracegen/ctf.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/tracegen/ctf.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ inline QString floatArrayToMetadata(const QString &size, const QString &name)
         ret += QStringLiteral("double ");
     else if (sizeof(T) == 4)
         ret += QStringLiteral("float ");
-    ret += name + QLatin1Char('[') + size + QStringLiteral("];");
+    ret += name + QLatin1Char('[') + size + QLatin1Char(']');
     return ret + QLatin1Char(';');
 }