diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 5b8ad827fd86..157539a975df 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -3171,7 +3171,7 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 	rcu_init_one(&rcu_bh_state, &rcu_bh_data);
 	__rcu_init_preempt();
 	rcu_init_nocb();
-	 open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);
+	open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't need protection against CPU-hotplug here because