diff --git a/src/shared/watchdog.c b/src/shared/watchdog.c
index 3f4c72826d..ed2998f46c 100644
--- a/src/shared/watchdog.c
+++ b/src/shared/watchdog.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int watchdog_set_timeout(void) {
         if (ioctl(watchdog_fd, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, &sec) < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        assert(sec > 0);/*  buggy driver ? */
+        assert(sec > 0); /* buggy driver ? */
         watchdog_timeout = sec * USEC_PER_SEC;
 
         return 0;