diff --git a/src/util/virinitctl.c b/src/util/virinitctl.c
index 030a138717..d1e0fe6e51 100644
--- a/src/util/virinitctl.c
+++ b/src/util/virinitctl.c
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ struct virInitctlRequest {
 };
 
 # ifdef MAXHOSTNAMELEN
-verify(sizeof(struct virInitctlRequest) == 320 + MAXHOSTNAMELEN);
+  verify(sizeof(struct virInitctlRequest) == 320 + MAXHOSTNAMELEN);
 # else
-verify(sizeof(struct virInitctlRequest) == 384);
-#endif
+  verify(sizeof(struct virInitctlRequest) == 384);
+# endif
 
 /*
  * Send a message to init to change the runlevel