diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
index 2a875ab57911..7e27397ce384 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/connection.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static void *
 conn_key(struct hlist_node *hnode)
 {
 	struct ptlrpc_connection *conn;
+
 	conn = hlist_entry(hnode, struct ptlrpc_connection, c_hash);
 	return &conn->c_peer;
 }