diff --git a/proto/rip/auth.c b/proto/rip/auth.c
index 0d2edd34..3d4b91c8 100644
--- a/proto/rip/auth.c
+++ b/proto/rip/auth.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ rip_outgoing_authentication( struct proto *p, struct rip_block_auth *block, stru
 	bug(  "We can not add MD5 authentication to this long packet" );
 
       /* need to preset the sequence number to a sane value */
-      if(!sequence)
+      if (!sequence)
 	sequence = (u32) time(NULL);
 
       block->keyid = passwd->id;