diff --git a/servers/slapd/daemon.c b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
index 92a2b03095..20375a7beb 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/daemon.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
@@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ slapd_daemon_task(
 						Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
 							"daemon: "
 							SLAP_EVENT_FNAME
-							"failed count %d "
+							" failed count %d "
 							"err (%d): %s\n",
 							ebadf, err,
 							sock_errstr( err ) );