diff --git a/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc b/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
index 54a40224..f54706a8 100644
--- a/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
+++ b/src/nix-prefetch-url/nix-prefetch-url.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ static int _main(int argc, char * * argv)
             assert(storePath == store->makeFixedOutputPath(unpack, hash, name));
         }
 
+        stopProgressBar();
+
         if (!printPath)
             printInfo(format("path is '%1%'") % storePath);