diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 1f68a9f031..1b58e6fcc2 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ function common_at_link($sender_id, $nickname) {
$sender = Profile::staticGet($sender_id);
$recipient = common_relative_profile($sender, common_canonical_nickname($nickname));
if ($recipient) {
- return ''.$nickname.'';
+ return ''.$nickname.'';
} else {
return ' '.$nickname.' ';
}