diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index 35df1266bf073aa9a7a4145da787ff42e95a7ee1..f554b9a96e077cdc9ddc57e2901f958bd7324179 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ void sctp_generate_heartbeat_event(unsigned long data)
 			   asoc->state, asoc->ep, asoc,
 			   transport, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-	 if (error)
-		 asoc->base.sk->sk_err = -error;
+	if (error)
+		asoc->base.sk->sk_err = -error;
 
 out_unlock:
 	bh_unlock_sock(asoc->base.sk);