diff --git a/build-aux/bracket-spacing.pl b/build-aux/bracket-spacing.pl
index e4ae8f0647..ac01a56fe8 100755
--- a/build-aux/bracket-spacing.pl
+++ b/build-aux/bracket-spacing.pl
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
     while (defined (my $line = <FILE>)) {
         my $data = $line;
 
-        # Kill any quoted , ; or "
-        $data =~ s/'[";,]'/'X'/g;
+        # Kill any quoted , ; = or "
+        $data =~ s/'[";,=]'/'X'/g;
 
         # Kill any quoted strings
         $data =~ s,"([^\\\"]|\\.)*","XXX",g;
@@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 
         # Require spaces around assignment '=', compounds and '=='
         # with the exception of virAssertCmpInt()
-        while ($data =~ /[^!<>&|\-+*\/%\^'= ]=\+[^=]/ ||
-               $data =~ /[^!<>&|\-+*\/%\^'=]=[^= \\\n]/ ||
-               $data =~ /[\S]==/ ||
-               ($data =~ /==[^\s,]/ && $data !~ /[\s]virAssertCmpInt\(/)) {
+        $data =~ s/(virAssertCmpInt\(.* ).?=,/$1op,/;
+        while ($data =~ /[^ ]\b[!<>&|\-+*\/%\^=]?=[^=]/ ||
+               $data =~ /=[^= \\\n]/) {
             print "$file:$.: $line";
             $ret = 1;
             last;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index 2341eaa0d9..9c775c9557 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ virStorageBackendCreateExecCommand(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
 
         if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) == 0) {
             /* command was successfully run, check if the file was created */
-            if (stat(vol->target.path, &st) >=0)
+            if (stat(vol->target.path, &st) >= 0)
                 filecreated = true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.c b/src/util/virnuma.c
index 7a11a3b219..9e6e5f7a6c 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.c
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ virNumaGetDistances(int node,
 
     *ndistances = max_node + 1;
 
-    for (i = 0; i<= max_node; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i <= max_node; i++) {
         if (!virNumaNodeIsAvailable(node))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index ccba736409..bccb4a7ed9 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -8397,7 +8397,7 @@ vboxDomainSnapshotDeleteMetadataOnly(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot)
 
     virDomainPtr dom = snapshot->domain;
     VBOX_OBJECT_CHECK(dom->conn, int, -1);
-    virDomainSnapshotDefPtr def= NULL;
+    virDomainSnapshotDefPtr def = NULL;
     char *defXml = NULL;
     vboxIID domiid = VBOX_IID_INITIALIZER;
     nsresult rc;
@@ -10173,7 +10173,7 @@ static char *vboxNetworkGetXMLDesc(virNetworkPtr network,
                                                                  &dhcpServer);
                 if (dhcpServer) {
                     ipdef->nranges = 1;
-                    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(ipdef->ranges, ipdef->nranges) >=0) {
+                    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(ipdef->ranges, ipdef->nranges) >= 0) {
                         PRUnichar *ipAddressUtf16     = NULL;
                         PRUnichar *networkMaskUtf16   = NULL;
                         PRUnichar *fromIPAddressUtf16 = NULL;
@@ -10211,7 +10211,7 @@ static char *vboxNetworkGetXMLDesc(virNetworkPtr network,
                     }
 
                     ipdef->nhosts = 1;
-                    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(ipdef->hosts, ipdef->nhosts) >=0) {
+                    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(ipdef->hosts, ipdef->nhosts) >= 0) {
                         if (VIR_STRDUP(ipdef->hosts[0].name, network->name) < 0) {
                             VIR_FREE(ipdef->hosts);
                             ipdef->nhosts = 0;
diff --git a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
index 5bcfd295f2..50331c9aae 100644
--- a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
+++ b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ xenapiDomainLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn,
         }
         vm = vms->contents[0];
         xen_vm_get_uuid(session, &uuid, vm);
-        if (uuid!=NULL) {
+        if (uuid != NULL) {
             ignore_value(virUUIDParse(uuid, raw_uuid));
             domP = virGetDomain(conn, name, raw_uuid);
             if (domP != NULL) {