diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
index 6e1220b421..16801ce901 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ bool SHAMap::fetchRoot (uint256 const& hash, SHAMapSyncFilter* filter)
     SHAMapTreeNode::pointer newRoot = fetchNodeExternalNT(SHAMapNode(), hash);
     if (newRoot)
     	root = newRoot;
-	else
+    else
     {
         Blob nodeData;