diff --git a/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c b/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c
index 290e186c75b..21234177067 100644
--- a/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c
+++ b/usr.bin/timeout/timeout.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		pstat = 128 + WTERMSIG(pstat);
 
 	if (timedout && !preserve)
-			pstat = EXIT_TIMEOUT;
+		pstat = EXIT_TIMEOUT;
 
 	return (pstat);
 }