diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/BaseTranslogReader.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/BaseTranslogReader.java
index 14ee8ecb9b3..53d14f32299 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/BaseTranslogReader.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/BaseTranslogReader.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTranslogReader implements Comparable<BaseTranslogReade
     /**
      * reads bytes at position into the given buffer, filling it.
      */
-    protected abstract  void readBytes(ByteBuffer buffer, long position) throws IOException;
+    protected abstract void readBytes(ByteBuffer buffer, long position) throws IOException;
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {