diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
index 68e8c650e0c..f7046849dff 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ protected function _serialize($serialize) {
 				$data = array($rootNode => array($serialize => $data));
 			}
 		}
-		 return Xml::fromArray($data)->asXML();
+		return Xml::fromArray($data)->asXML();
 	}
 
 }