diff --git a/scripts/trace/sipgrep b/scripts/trace/sipgrep
index 7bd5daed4d..474a2d5c7b 100755
--- a/scripts/trace/sipgrep
+++ b/scripts/trace/sipgrep
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ sub print_out
     {
 	open(DBG, ">>$filedebug");
 	$lcolor = 'reset' if(!(defined $debugfilecolors));		
-	print DBG color $lcolor;
+	print DBG color $lcolor if(!(defined $debugfilecolors));
 	print DBG $ltext;
 	close(DBG);	
     }