diff --git a/src/basic/env-util.c b/src/basic/env-util.c
index c2a6f6f56e..56e7b6fd8c 100644
--- a/src/basic/env-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/env-util.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ int serialize_environment(FILE *f, char **environment) {
                 if (!ce)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
-                fprintf(f, "env=%s\n", *e);
+                fprintf(f, "env=%s\n", ce);
         }
 
         /* caller should call ferror() */