diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 6aacecc7..7010e5e5 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ long long powerLawRand(long long min, long long max, double alpha) {
 /* Generates a key name among a set of lru_test_sample_size keys, using
  * an 80-20 distribution. */
 void LRUTestGenKey(char *buf, size_t buflen) {
-    snprintf(buf, buflen, "lru:%lld\n",
+    snprintf(buf, buflen, "lru:%lld",
         powerLawRand(1, config.lru_test_sample_size, 6.2));
 }