diff --git a/contrib/gen_stats.pl b/contrib/gen_stats.pl
index f14be16969..9c637f7eaa 100755
--- a/contrib/gen_stats.pl
+++ b/contrib/gen_stats.pl
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ sub get_file_list {
  
         # Now do the manual diff 
         open(TEMP1, "< temp1");
-        open(UNTOUCHED_FILES, ">> $touched");
-        open(TOUCHED_FILES, ">> $untouched");
+        open(UNTOUCHED_FILES, ">> $untouched");
+        open(TOUCHED_FILES, ">> $touched");
  
         while(<TEMP1>) {
             my $c_file = $_;