diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
index 32fc2e29f11a98b8fba98e5e06086f5be1559dd2..356f852e3735757d456dbc50e4629ec606a254f3 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/task.c
@@ -486,10 +486,10 @@ _make_tmpdir(slurmd_job_t *job)
 	else if (mkdir(tmpdir, 0700) < 0) {
 		struct stat st;
 		int mkdir_errno = errno;
-		
+
 		if (stat(tmpdir, &st)) { /* does the file exist ? */
 			/* show why we were not able to create it */
-			error("Unable to create TMPDIR [%s]: %s", 
+			error("Unable to create TMPDIR [%s]: %s",
 			      tmpdir, strerror(mkdir_errno));
 		} else if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {  /* is it a directory? */
 			error("TMPDIR [%s] is not a directory", tmpdir);