diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 863cb8ea3..1b729a777 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -776,4 +776,5 @@ seen. gmtime warning still there
 - Fixed some more IPv6 stuff in httpd
 - Implimented snomask (similar to IRCu) and moved several usermodes to it
 - Added a config check to detect what order we should specify the SSL libraries in
-- Fixed bug with SSL, detected properly and fixed by Chawmp
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+- Fixed bug with SSL, detected properly and fixed by Chawmp
+- Fixed an oper-only-stats bug
diff --git a/src/s_kline.c b/src/s_kline.c
index f54f11191..d6c93d668 100644
--- a/src/s_kline.c
+++ b/src/s_kline.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void tkl_stats(aClient *cptr)
 	   Character:
 	   G, Z, K, z
 	 */
-	if (!IsAnOper(cptr) && (strchr(OPER_ONLY_STATS, 'G') || strchr(OPER_ONLY_STATS, 'g'))) {
+	if (!IsAnOper(cptr) && OPER_ONLY_STATS && (strchr(OPER_ONLY_STATS, 'G') || strchr(OPER_ONLY_STATS, 'g'))) {
 		sendto_one(cptr, err_str(ERR_NOPRIVILEGES), me.name, cptr->name);
 		return;
 	}