diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d9ebb1599..33999c758 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix TIMESCALE warnings on primitives (#2763). [Xuanqi]
 
+****  Fix $fread extra semicolon inside statements. [Leendert van Doorn]
+
 
 * Verilator 4.108 2021-01-10
 
diff --git a/src/V3EmitC.cpp b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
index 95cb52af0..16936bb2d 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitC.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ public:
         } else {
             puts(cvtToStr(array_size));
         }
-        puts(");\n");
+        puts(")");
     }
     virtual void visit(AstSysFuncAsTask* nodep) override {
         if (!nodep->lhsp()->isWide()) puts("(void)");
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_sys_fread.v b/test_regress/t/t_sys_fread.v
index 60921f3f0..9b1818faa 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_sys_fread.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_sys_fread.v
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ module t;
 
       clear;
       code = $fread(r_upb, file, 15); `checkd(code, 6);
-      code = $fread(r_ups, file, 15, 2); `checkd(code, 4);
+      // Bug where fread in if() broke.
+      if ($fread(r_ups, file, 15, 2) != 4) $stop;
       dump;
 
       $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");