diff --git a/dist-sync b/dist-sync
index d04250f98e4a9361ad1d247e09c28bf753f332c0..a003bca23fc0e30b2cbdc2a17ab194ab09487514 100755
--- a/dist-sync
+++ b/dist-sync
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class Repo:
             with chdir(destdir):
                 def line_to_progress(l):
                     return '%s: %s' % (self.name, l)
-                err = self.do_subprocess(source.split(), line_to_progress(l))
+                err = self.do_subprocess(source.split(), line_to_progress)
                 if err != 0:
                     log('rsync failed with %d' % err)
                     pass