diff --git a/handlers/pgsql.in b/handlers/pgsql.in
index 0564f5ad224c9f83cfbc69c48bf5db0927bc292f..f68ec2f9cd96d99c66d5483db9d99f4dfdcf1f1a 100644
--- a/handlers/pgsql.in
+++ b/handlers/pgsql.in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ else
       fi
    fi
    for db in $databases; do
-      dumpext=".sql"
+      dumpext="sql"
       if [ "$format" != "plain" ]; then
          dumpext="pg_dump"
       fi