diff --git a/maven-aether-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java b/maven-aether-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
index 0b56970034..cf34483480 100644
--- a/maven-aether-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
+++ b/maven-aether-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultVersionResolver.java
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class DefaultVersionResolver
         Versioning versioning = null;
 
 
-        if (metadata == null)
+        if ( metadata == null )
         {
             return new Versioning();
         }