diff --git a/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.c b/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.c
index 5de2a056cd4b..e88aa2eb409a 100644
--- a/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.c
+++ b/libexec/rlogind/rlogind.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ doit(f, fromp)
 		if (f > 2)	/* f should always be 0, but... */
 			(void) close(f);
 		setup_term(0);
-		 if (*lusername=='-')) {
+		 if (*lusername=='-') {
 			syslog(LOG_ERR, "tried to pass user \"%s\" to login",
 			       lusername);
 			fatal(STDERR_FILENO, "invalid user", 0);