diff --git a/check_clientbackup.sh b/check_clientbackup.sh
index 007a564dc009197372c5d3d77a2d748df956d164..1daec2aa320e52b7f096deaa44e7803a18a8c3d0 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup.sh
+++ b/check_clientbackup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # 2022-10-07  ah     v1.3  unescape regex with space to prevent "grep: warning: stray \ before white space"
 # 2022-10-20  ah     v1.4  show last backup, prune and verify
 # 2023-09-01  ah     v1.5  add counters for new/ changed/ deleted fileobjects (Restic only)
+# 2023-09-04  ah     v1.6  fix perfdata dirs-del=
 # ==============================================================================
 
 . $(dirname $0)/jobhelper.sh
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ else
       printf "__COUNTERS__New:     %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNew    $iModDNew
       printf "__COUNTERS__Changed: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFChange $iModDChange
       printf "__COUNTERS__Deleted: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFDelete $iModDDelete
-      echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0 files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0 files-del=$iModFDelete dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0 dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0 dirs-del=$iModDDelete"
+      echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0 files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0 files-del=$iModFDelete dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0 dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0 dirs-del=$iModDDelete;;;0"
       echo
     fi