diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 94e48c851..f1bbdfa96 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 29 November 2016: Wouter
 	- version 1.6.0 is in the development branch.
+	- braces in view.c around lock statements.
 
 28 November 2016: Wouter
 	- new install-sh.
diff --git a/services/view.c b/services/view.c
index 1efe48588..b2d86513d 100644
--- a/services/view.c
+++ b/services/view.c
@@ -191,10 +191,11 @@ views_find_view(struct views* vs, const char* name, int write)
 		lock_rw_unlock(&vs->lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if(write)
+	if(write) {
 		lock_rw_wrlock(&v->lock);
-	else
+	} else {
 		lock_rw_rdlock(&v->lock);
+	}
 	lock_rw_unlock(&vs->lock);
 	return v;
 }