diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index 5edcc6edfe..35ea0b7074 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ EOF
 test_expect_success 'git commit -m will commit a staged but ignored submodule' '
 	git commit -uno -m message &&
 	git status -s --ignore-submodules=dirty >output &&
-	 test_i18ngrep ! "^M. sm" output &&
+	test_i18ngrep ! "^M. sm" output &&
 	git config --remove-section submodule.subname &&
 	git config -f .gitmodules  --remove-section submodule.subname
 '