diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index b4ea9a13e4..47da156dc6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -716,8 +716,8 @@ function update_core($from, $to) {
 	// $wp_filesystem->wp_content_dir() returned unslashed pre-2.8
 	$versions_file = trailingslashit( $wp_filesystem->wp_content_dir() ) . 'upgrade/version-current.php';
 	if ( ! $wp_filesystem->copy( $from . $distro . 'wp-includes/version.php', $versions_file ) ) {
-		 $wp_filesystem->delete( $from, true );
-		 return new WP_Error( 'copy_failed_for_version_file', __( 'The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ), 'wp-includes/version.php' );
+		$wp_filesystem->delete( $from, true );
+		return new WP_Error( 'copy_failed_for_version_file', __( 'The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.' ), 'wp-includes/version.php' );
 	}
 
 	$wp_filesystem->chmod( $versions_file, FS_CHMOD_FILE );