diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AdvancedLeakAwareByteBuf.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AdvancedLeakAwareByteBuf.java
index 1b136e88e4..040f5f2e38 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AdvancedLeakAwareByteBuf.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AdvancedLeakAwareByteBuf.java
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ final class AdvancedLeakAwareByteBuf extends WrappedByteBuf {
         boolean deallocated =  super.release();
         if (deallocated) {
             leak.close();
-        } else{
+        } else {
             leak.record();
         }
         return deallocated;