diff --git a/utils/mkpatch b/utils/mkpatch
index ce105af25df..a800f0d73e3 100755
--- a/utils/mkpatch
+++ b/utils/mkpatch
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ BEGIN { deleting = 0; } \
 /^Index: .*[.]cvs$/ { deleting = 1; fname=substr($0,7); \
   print "Skipping: ", fname > "/dev/stderr"; } \
 /^Index:.*/ && !/^Index: .*[.]cvs$/ { deleting = 0; } \
-{ if (! deleting) { print; } } \
-'  > "$NAME".patch  || error "sed/awk cleanup failed"
+{ if (! deleting) { print; } } '  > "$NAME".patch  || \
+  error "sed/awk cleanup failed"