diff --git a/test/vfd_swmr_bigset_writer.c b/test/vfd_swmr_bigset_writer.c
index 4139be7ef3..69252cc1c8 100644
--- a/test/vfd_swmr_bigset_writer.c
+++ b/test/vfd_swmr_bigset_writer.c
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ write_extensible_dset(state_t *s, unsigned int which, unsigned int step,
         last.col = 0;
     }
 
-
     dbgf(1, "new size %" PRIuHSIZE ", %" PRIuHSIZE "\n", size[0], size[1]);
 
     if (H5Dset_extent(ds, size) < 0)