diff --git a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
index c99c775fa5..115f7b5b95 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 bool string_is_empty(const char *data)
 {
-   return data==NULL || *data=='\0';
+   return (data == NULL) || (*data == '\0');
 }
 
 bool string_is_equal(const char *a, const char *b)