diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.cpp
index 3dfcd14b38254..f221c82cdc61c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.cpp
@@ -589,10 +589,12 @@ void Compile::print_ideal_ir(const char* phase_name) {
                compile_id(),
                is_osr_compilation() ? " compile_kind='osr'" : "",
                phase_name);
-    xtty->print("%s", ss.as_string()); // print to tty would use xml escape encoding
+  }
+
+  tty->print("%s", ss.as_string());
+
+  if (xtty != nullptr) {
     xtty->tail("ideal");
-  } else {
-    tty->print("%s", ss.as_string());
   }
 }
 #endif