diff --git a/src/H5Oattr.c b/src/H5Oattr.c
index f1cbd326c2a..72df84b79c0 100644
--- a/src/H5Oattr.c
+++ b/src/H5Oattr.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ H5O_attr_decode(H5F_t *f, H5O_t *open_oh, unsigned H5_ATTR_UNUSED mesg_flags, un
 done:
     if (NULL == ret_value)
         if (attr) {
-            if(attr->shared->ds)
+            if (attr->shared->ds)
                 attr->shared->ds = H5FL_FREE(H5S_t, attr->shared->ds);
             if (attr->shared) {
                 /* Free any dynamically allocated items */