diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java
index fa8d61ace2..0a1bebb1cd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/MessagingService.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public final class MessagingService implements MessagingServiceMBean
         if (cp.ackCon != null)
             cp.ackCon.closeSocket();
         if (cp.cmdCon != null)
-        cp.cmdCon.closeSocket();
+            cp.cmdCon.closeSocket();
         connectionManagers_.remove(to);
         recentTimeoutsPerHost.remove(to.getHostAddress());
         timeoutsPerHost.remove(to.getHostAddress());