diff --git a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
index 120062f94590c6..280c6f8ee297af 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void vdev_info_init(struct vdev_info* dev, unsigned long long features)
 	dev->buf_size = 1024;
 	dev->buf = malloc(dev->buf_size);
 	assert(dev->buf);
-        dev->control = open("/dev/vhost-test", O_RDWR);
+	dev->control = open("/dev/vhost-test", O_RDWR);
 	assert(dev->control >= 0);
 	r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_SET_OWNER, NULL);
 	assert(r >= 0);