diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
index 988c2b808..7bbe59b2b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_trace/emqx_trace.erl
@@ -255,11 +255,10 @@ format(Traces) ->
         fun(Trace0 = #?TRACE{}) ->
             [_ | Values] = tuple_to_list(Trace0),
             Map0 = maps:from_list(lists:zip(Fields, Values)),
-            Extra0 = maps:get(extra, Map0, #{}),
-            Formatter = maps:get(formatter, Extra0, text),
+            Extra = maps:get(extra, Map0, #{}),
+            Formatter = maps:get(formatter, Extra, text),
             Map1 = Map0#{formatter => Formatter},
-            Extra1 = maps:remove(formatter, Extra0),
-            maps:put(extra, Extra1, Map1)
+            maps:remove(extra, Map1)
         end,
         Traces
     ).
diff --git a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
index 4de9d09c0..ad2991445 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_trace_SUITE.erl
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ t_base_create_delete(_Config) ->
             start_at => Now,
             end_at => Now + 30 * 60,
             payload_encode => text,
-            extra => #{},
             formatter => text
         }
     ],