diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
index 817e279db..851f9cfbc 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/PlainJUnitResultFormatter.java
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ public class PlainJUnitResultFormatter implements JUnitResultFormatter {
         sb.append(nf.format(suite.getRunTime()/1000.0));
         sb.append(" sec");
         sb.append(newLine);
-        sb.append(newLine);
         
         // append the err and output streams to the log
         if (systemOutput != null && systemOutput.length() > 0) {
@@ -159,6 +158,8 @@ public class PlainJUnitResultFormatter implements JUnitResultFormatter {
                 .append(newLine);
         }
 
+        sb.append(newLine);
+
         if (out != null) {
             try {
                 out.write(sb.toString().getBytes());