diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index 45beeb515e..5745f8173a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * e)
 {
 	// do nothing if there are other events
 	// (the auto repeated events come too fast)
-	if(e->isAutoRepeat() && QCoreApplication::hasPendingEvents()) {
+	if (e->isAutoRepeat() && QCoreApplication::hasPendingEvents()) {
 		LYXERR(Debug::KEY)	
 			<< BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION << endl
 			<< "key ignored" << endl;