diff --git a/builtin/bugreport.c b/builtin/bugreport.c
index 3106e56a130c58..32281815b7704a 100644
--- a/builtin/bugreport.c
+++ b/builtin/bugreport.c
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ int cmd_bugreport(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	strbuf_complete(&report_path, '/');
 	output_path_len = report_path.len;
 
-	strbuf_addstr(&report_path, "git-bugreport-");
-	strbuf_addftime(&report_path, option_suffix, localtime_r(&now, &tm), 0, 0);
+	strbuf_addstr(&report_path, "git-bugreport");
+	if (option_suffix) {
+		strbuf_addch(&report_path, '-');
+		strbuf_addftime(&report_path, option_suffix, localtime_r(&now, &tm), 0, 0);
+	}
 	strbuf_addstr(&report_path, ".txt");
 
 	switch (safe_create_leading_directories(report_path.buf)) {