diff --git a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_energy.c b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_energy.c
index 242b2535a1921aa3d572cf116b50c1b50d98377f..76f2e5e944b0f9d5f07ae43b3bf49657e68f3b01 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_energy.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_acct_gather_energy.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ done:
 	if (retval == SLURM_SUCCESS)
 		retval = acct_gather_conf_init();
 	if (retval != SLURM_SUCCESS)
-	fatal("can not open the %s plugin", type);
+		fatal("can not open the %s plugin", type);
 	xfree(type);
 
 	return retval;