diff --git a/src/chart/view.cpp b/src/chart/view.cpp
index fb02eda..9f438cd 100644
--- a/src/chart/view.cpp
+++ b/src/chart/view.cpp
@@ -1260,8 +1260,8 @@ void SaveViewDialog::saveChart(FILE *f, Chart *cp, bool hostDynamic)
 	    fprintf(f, " host %s", (const char *)
 			cp->metricContext(m)->source().host().toAscii());
 	saveInsts = cp->metric(m)->explicitInsts();
+        p = (char *)(const char *)cp->name(m).toAscii();
 	if (saveInsts) {
-	    p = (char *)(const char *)cp->name(m).toAscii();
 	    if ((q = strchr(p, '[')) != NULL) {
 		// metric with an instance
 		if ((qend = strrchr(q, ']')) == NULL) {