diff --git a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
index 5d4d85e603f6227592bdaa625d3d08db8509833b..3da65f3d0a88fbb273990cf160f5b182d2ddcf6c 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
@@ -1013,8 +1013,7 @@ _pick_step_nodes (struct job_record  *job_ptr,
 				info ("_pick_step_nodes: requested nodes %s "
 				      "have inadequate memory",
 				      step_spec->node_list);
-			}
-			else {
+			} else {
 				*return_code = ESLURM_NODES_BUSY;
 				info ("_pick_step_nodes: some requested nodes"
 				      " %s still have memory used by other steps",