diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7f4fe0d5df..2b478664a5 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     bdrv_init_with_whitelist();
 
-    autostart= 1;
+    autostart = 1;
 
     /* first pass of option parsing */
     optind = 1;