diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 9d3935bbbd0c..ae93aa81244c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int format_register_str(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 	if (wordsize + regsize + 2 + 1 != len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = snd_soc_read(codec , reg);
+	ret = snd_soc_read(codec, reg);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		memset(regbuf, 'X', regsize);
 		regbuf[regsize] = '\0';