diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 470dc6c1..314f0fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@
 	int i;
 	BUG_ON(mpic == NULL);
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "mpic: requesting IPIs ... \n");
+	printk(KERN_INFO "mpic: requesting IPIs...\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		unsigned int vipi = irq_create_mapping(mpic->irqhost,