diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 2dbbbb3e..70312d8b 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Fixes:
   lookup on Unix systems.
 - checking: Fix CSV output with German locale.
   Closes: SF bug #3516400
+- checking: Write correct statistics when saving results in the GUI.
+  Closes: SF bug #3515980
 
 Features:
 - cgi: Added a WSGI script to replace the CGI script.
diff --git a/linkcheck/gui/urlsave.py b/linkcheck/gui/urlsave.py
index 8517a6ea..ae131e7b 100644
--- a/linkcheck/gui/urlsave.py
+++ b/linkcheck/gui/urlsave.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def urlsave (parent, config, urls):
     for urlitem in urls:
         do_print = True
         logger.log_filter_url(urlitem.url_data, do_print)
+    # inject the saved statistics before printing them
+    logger.stats = config['logger'].stats
     logger.end_output()