diff --git a/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/connection.pike b/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/connection.pike
index d449f894aee6666c238097ff547351999c24323b..4f4cc988bf2f331b9e2d6fbe067c99852cbe8c52 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/connection.pike
+++ b/lib/modules/Remote.pmod/connection.pike
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ void read_some(int ignore, string s)
 //
 mixed call_sync(array data)
 {
-  if(closed) error("connection closed\n");
+  if(closed) {
+    error("connection closed\n");
+  }
   int refno = data[4];
   string s = encode_value(data);
   con->set_blocking();