diff --git a/src/LyXVC.cpp b/src/LyXVC.cpp
index 1572a036d2..3c4bbf89f8 100644
--- a/src/LyXVC.cpp
+++ b/src/LyXVC.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ docstring LyXVC::vcstatus() const
 {
 	if (!vcs)
 		return docstring();
-		if (locking())
-			return bformat(_("%1$s lock"), from_ascii(vcs->vcname()));
-		else
-			return from_ascii(vcs->vcname());
+	if (locking())
+		return bformat(_("%1$s lock"), from_ascii(vcs->vcname()));
+	else
+		return from_ascii(vcs->vcname());
 }