diff --git a/src/journal/journald-sync.c b/src/journal/journald-sync.c
index 4722cfa9a3..45bb84fd83 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-sync.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-sync.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "socket-netlink.h"
 #include "time-util.h"
 
-StreamSyncReq *stream_sync_req_free(StreamSyncReq *ssr) {
+StreamSyncReq* stream_sync_req_free(StreamSyncReq *ssr) {
         if (!ssr)
                 return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-sync.h b/src/journal/journald-sync.h
index e1172611e9..9ce77f9d1c 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-sync.h
+++ b/src/journal/journald-sync.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ typedef struct SyncReq {
         unsigned boottime_prioq_idx;
 } SyncReq;
 
-StreamSyncReq *stream_sync_req_free(StreamSyncReq *ssr);
+StreamSyncReq* stream_sync_req_free(StreamSyncReq *ssr);
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(StreamSyncReq*, stream_sync_req_free);
 void stream_sync_req_advance_revalidate(StreamSyncReq *ssr, size_t p);