diff --git a/src/core/show-status.c b/src/core/show-status.c
index d5eb7241596..1d47c0af4d2 100644
--- a/src/core/show-status.c
+++ b/src/core/show-status.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int status_vprintf(const char *status, ShowStatusFlags flags, const char *format
 
         if (prev_ephemeral && !FLAGS_SET(flags, SHOW_STATUS_EPHEMERAL))
                 iovec[n++] = IOVEC_MAKE_STRING(ANSI_ERASE_TO_END_OF_LINE);
-        prev_ephemeral = FLAGS_SET(flags, SHOW_STATUS_EPHEMERAL) ;
+        prev_ephemeral = FLAGS_SET(flags, SHOW_STATUS_EPHEMERAL);
 
         if (writev(fd, iovec, n) < 0)
                 return -errno;