diff --git a/lib/shmem.c b/lib/shmem.c
index 0737cfbee..6482c3bf9 100644
--- a/lib/shmem.c
+++ b/lib/shmem.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ retry:	fd = shm_open(wname, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600);
 			ret = shm_unlink(wname);
 			if (ret)
 				return -12;
+
 			goto retry;
 		}