diff --git a/extcap/etl.c b/extcap/etl.c
index 1c39fe8e89..4bdb83c754 100644
--- a/extcap/etl.c
+++ b/extcap/etl.c
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ void wtap_etl_rec_dump(ULARGE_INTEGER timestamp, WTAP_ETL_RECORD* etl_record, UL
     rec.rec_header.packet_header.caplen = total_packet_length;
     rec.rec_header.packet_header.len = total_packet_length;
     rec.rec_header.packet_header.pkt_encap = WTAP_ENCAP_ETW;
-    rec->block = wtap_block_create(WTAP_BLOCK_PACKET);
-    wtap_block_add_uint32_option(rec->block, OPT_PKT_FLAGS, is_inbound ? PACK_FLAGS_DIRECTION_INBOUND : PACK_FLAGS_DIRECTION_OUTBOUND);
+    rec.block = wtap_block_create(WTAP_BLOCK_PACKET);
+    wtap_block_add_uint32_option(rec.block, OPT_PKT_FLAGS, is_inbound ? PACK_FLAGS_DIRECTION_INBOUND : PACK_FLAGS_DIRECTION_OUTBOUND);
     /* Convert usec of the timestamp into nstime_t */
     rec.ts.secs = (time_t)(timestamp.QuadPart / G_USEC_PER_SEC);
     rec.ts.nsecs = (int)(((timestamp.QuadPart % G_USEC_PER_SEC) * G_NSEC_PER_SEC) / G_USEC_PER_SEC);