diff --git a/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c b/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c
index e9d3b205a72e..7778ac0eeeec 100644
--- a/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c
+++ b/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c
@@ -1235,12 +1235,12 @@ file_compress(char *file, char *outfile, size_t outsize)
 	if (cflag == 0) {
 #ifndef SMALL
 		if (isb.st_nlink != 1 && fflag == 0) {
-				maybe_warnx("%s has %d other link%s -- "
-					    "skipping", file, isb.st_nlink - 1,
-					    isb.st_nlink == 1 ? "" : "s");
-				close(in);
-				return -1;
-			}
+			maybe_warnx("%s has %d other link%s -- "
+				    "skipping", file, isb.st_nlink - 1,
+				    isb.st_nlink == 1 ? "" : "s");
+			close(in);
+			return -1;
+		}
 
 		if (fflag == 0 && (suff = check_suffix(file, 0))
 		    && suff->zipped[0] != 0) {