diff --git a/arangod/Aql/QueryResult.h b/arangod/Aql/QueryResult.h
index 839123ca97..8107d0b70d 100644
--- a/arangod/Aql/QueryResult.h
+++ b/arangod/Aql/QueryResult.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct QueryResult {
 
     other.warnings = nullptr;
     other.json = nullptr;
-    other.stats = other.stats;
+    other.stats = nullptr;
     other.profile = nullptr;
     other.clusterplan = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/arangod/V8Server/v8-vocbase.cpp b/arangod/V8Server/v8-vocbase.cpp
index 87418874d9..39dd898171 100644
--- a/arangod/V8Server/v8-vocbase.cpp
+++ b/arangod/V8Server/v8-vocbase.cpp
@@ -1329,10 +1329,12 @@ static void JS_ExecuteAql(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const& args) {
 
   result->ForceSet(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("json"), queryResult.result);
 
-  VPackSlice stats = queryResult.stats->slice();
-  if (!stats.isNone()) {
-    result->ForceSet(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("stats"),
-                     TRI_VPackToV8(isolate, stats));
+  if (queryResult.stats != nullptr) {
+    VPackSlice stats = queryResult.stats->slice();
+    if (!stats.isNone()) {
+      result->ForceSet(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("stats"),
+                       TRI_VPackToV8(isolate, stats));
+    }
   }
   if (queryResult.profile != nullptr) {
     result->ForceSet(TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("profile"),