diff --git a/libbb/concat_path_file.c b/libbb/concat_path_file.c
index 77c054530..00233ad9a 100644
--- a/libbb/concat_path_file.c
+++ b/libbb/concat_path_file.c
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ extern char *concat_path_file(const char *path, const char *filename)
 	char *lc;
 
 	if (!path)
-	    path="";
+		path = "";
 	lc = last_char_is(path, '/');
 	while (*filename == '/')
 		filename++;
-	bb_xasprintf(&outbuf, "%s%s%s", path, (lc==NULL)? "/" : "", filename);
+	bb_xasprintf(&outbuf, "%s%s%s", path, (lc==NULL ? "/" : ""), filename);
 
 	return outbuf;
 }