diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FlashHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FlashHelper.php
index 90eb9cb6c21..c61765675b9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FlashHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FlashHelper.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function render($key = 'flash', $options = array()) {
 		CakeSession::delete("Message.$key");
 
 		// backwards compatibility with Session->setFlash()
-		if($flash['element'] === 'default') {
+		if ($flash['element'] === 'default') {
 			$class = 'message';
 			if (!empty($flash['params']['class'])) {
 				$class = $flash['params']['class'];