diff --git a/jobs/JGLOBAL_ANALYSIS_STATS b/jobs/JGLOBAL_ANALYSIS_STATS
index da0193ea82..cfdb809f88 100755
--- a/jobs/JGLOBAL_ANALYSIS_STATS
+++ b/jobs/JGLOBAL_ANALYSIS_STATS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
+export DATA=${DATA:-${DATAROOT}/${RUN}statanl_${cyc}}
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/jjob_header.sh" -e "anlstat" -c "base anlstat"
 
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