diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_fheminfo.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_fheminfo.pm
index 8d3c921a2..71d8439c2 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_fheminfo.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_fheminfo.pm
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ sub CommandFheminfo($$) {
   my @args = split("[ \t]+", $param);
   $args[0] = defined($args[0]) ? lc($args[0]) : "";
   my $doSend = ($args[0] eq 'send') ? 1 : 0;
-
+use Data::Dumper;
+Debug "cl: ".Dumper $cl;
   return "Unknown argument $args[0], usage: fheminfo [send]"
     if($args[0] ne "send" && $args[0] ne "");
 
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ sub CommandFheminfo($$) {
 
   _fi2_Send() if $args[0] eq 'send';
 
+# do not return statistics data if called from update
+  return "Statistics data sent to server. See Logfile (level 4) for details." unless defined($cl);
+
   return _fi2_TelnetTable($doSend) if ($cl && $cl->{TYPE} eq 'telnet');
   return _fi2_HtmlTable($doSend);
 }