diff --git a/plugins/webstats/lua/webstats_log.lua b/plugins/webstats/lua/webstats_log.lua
index 20a87cbe2..f0ab9a670 100644
--- a/plugins/webstats/lua/webstats_log.lua
+++ b/plugins/webstats/lua/webstats_log.lua
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ log_by_lua_block {
 			-- D("stat ok")
 
 			-- only count non spider requests
-			local ok, err = pcall(function() statistics_uri(db, uri, ngx.md5(uri), body_length) end)
+			local ok, err = pcall(function() statistics_uri(db, request_uri, ngx.md5(request_uri), body_length) end)
 			local ok, err = pcall(function() statistics_ip(db, ip, body_length) end)
 		end