diff --git a/sys/net/application_layer/gcoap/gcoap.c b/sys/net/application_layer/gcoap/gcoap.c
index 6a28662a09..42a198dc58 100644
--- a/sys/net/application_layer/gcoap/gcoap.c
+++ b/sys/net/application_layer/gcoap/gcoap.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static event_queue_t _queue;
 static uint8_t _listen_buf[CONFIG_GCOAP_PDU_BUF_SIZE];
 static sock_udp_t _sock;
 
-
 /* Event loop for gcoap _pid thread. */
 static void *_event_loop(void *arg)
 {
@@ -434,8 +433,9 @@ static void _find_req_memo(gcoap_request_memo_t **memo_ptr, coap_pkt_t *src_pdu,
     unsigned cmplen      = coap_get_token_len(src_pdu);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < CONFIG_GCOAP_REQ_WAITING_MAX; i++) {
-        if (_coap_state.open_reqs[i].state == GCOAP_MEMO_UNUSED)
+        if (_coap_state.open_reqs[i].state == GCOAP_MEMO_UNUSED) {
             continue;
+        }
 
         gcoap_request_memo_t *memo = &_coap_state.open_reqs[i];
         if (memo->send_limit == GCOAP_SEND_LIMIT_NON) {