diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
index c70112f84d..c2c9461f1d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
@@ -391,14 +391,14 @@ malloc_elem_free_list_index(size_t size)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Find next power of 2 >= size. */
-	log2 = sizeof(size) * 8 - __builtin_clzl(size-1);
+	log2 = sizeof(size) * 8 - __builtin_clzl(size - 1);
 
 	/* Compute freelist index, based on log2(size). */
 	index = (log2 - MALLOC_MINSIZE_LOG2 + MALLOC_LOG2_INCREMENT - 1) /
-	        MALLOC_LOG2_INCREMENT;
+			MALLOC_LOG2_INCREMENT;
 
-	return index <= RTE_HEAP_NUM_FREELISTS-1?
-	        index: RTE_HEAP_NUM_FREELISTS-1;
+	return index <= RTE_HEAP_NUM_FREELISTS - 1 ?
+			index : RTE_HEAP_NUM_FREELISTS - 1;
 }
 
 /*