diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 893431da2a..f377908a33 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -3460,11 +3460,12 @@ static int context_write_partition_table(
 
                 (void) context_dump_partitions(context, node);
 
-                putc('\n', stdout);
-
-                if (arg_json_format_flags & JSON_FORMAT_OFF)
+                if (arg_json_format_flags & JSON_FORMAT_OFF) {
+                        putc('\n', stdout);
                         (void) context_dump_partition_bar(context, node);
-                putc('\n', stdout);
+                        putc('\n', stdout);
+                }
+
                 fflush(stdout);
         }