diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 3c65f52b..edf1ac23 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ void scan_loadgraph_arg(struct text_object *obj, const char *arg)
 
 void print_loadgraph(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 {
+	if (!p_max_size)
+		return;
+
 	new_graph(obj, p, p_max_size, info.loadavg[0]);
 }
 #endif /* X11 */
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 1b5afc6e..eccd8b01 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -895,9 +895,6 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 			OBJ(cpugraph) {
 				new_graph(obj, p, p_max_size, round_to_int(cur->cpu_usage[obj->data.i] * 100));
 			}
-			OBJ(loadgraph) {
-				print_loadgraph(obj, p, p_max_size);
-			}
 #endif /* X11 */
 #if defined(__linux__)
 			OBJ(disk_protect) {
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index f848267a..890d4861 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 		if (buf) free(buf);
 	END OBJ(loadgraph, &update_load_average)
 		scan_loadgraph_arg(obj, arg);
+		obj->callbacks.print = &print_loadgraph;
 #endif /* X11 */
 	END OBJ(diskio, &update_diskio)
 		parse_diskio_arg(obj, arg);