diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index 68eb1f0c99..3e33a2e9e0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int vhost_user_write(struct vhost_dev *dev, VhostUserMsg *msg,
      * operations such as configuring device memory mappings or issuing device
      * resets, which affect the whole device instead of individual VQs,
      * vhost-user messages should only be sent once.
-     * 
+     *
      * Devices with multiple vhost_devs are given an associated dev->vq_index
      * so per_device requests are only sent if vq_index is 0.
      */