diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index ab1bfc94d6eab530723d5fabe6093bb9929de35c..87204a50a5cfe2acbdb0563a68f88303a5eb7ae7 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ int read_index_from(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 		die("broken index, expect %s in %s, got %s",
 		    sha1_to_hex(split_index->base_sha1),
 		    git_path("sharedindex.%s",
-				     sha1_to_hex(split_index->base_sha1)),
+			     sha1_to_hex(split_index->base_sha1)),
 		    sha1_to_hex(split_index->base->sha1));
 	merge_base_index(istate);
 	check_ce_order(istate);