diff --git a/src/report.c b/src/report.c
index 70f03b832..04e5408ad 100644
--- a/src/report.c
+++ b/src/report.c
@@ -1183,14 +1183,14 @@ void report_region(struct stream *out, const region * r, faction * f)
             if (wrptr(&bufp, &size, bytes) != 0)
                 WARN_STATIC_BUFFER();
             bytes = (int)str_strlcpy(bufp, "\")", size);
+            if (wrptr(&bufp, &size, bytes) != 0)
+                WARN_STATIC_BUFFER();
+            bytes = (int)str_strlcpy(bufp, ".", size);
             if (wrptr(&bufp, &size, bytes) != 0)
                 WARN_STATIC_BUFFER();
             dh = 1;
         }
     }
-    bytes = (int)str_strlcpy(bufp, ".", size);
-    if (wrptr(&bufp, &size, bytes) != 0)
-        WARN_STATIC_BUFFER();
     *bufp = 0;
     paragraph(out, buf, 0, 0, 0);