diff --git a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
index 35177c86a3a710c10d1af5ff2f9b9b5bdf2d6b67..cff10a6213ca07968753023029462bce5b89c544 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ _pick_step_nodes (struct job_record  *job_ptr,
 				node_tmp = bit_pick_cnt(nodes_avail, 1);
 				if (node_tmp == NULL)
 					break;
-	
+
 				cpu_cnt = _count_cpus(job_ptr, node_tmp,
 						      usable_cpu_cnt);
 				if (cpu_cnt == 0) {