diff --git a/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
index 02b5bc4f..0600ab2a 100644
--- a/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bbappend
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ do_install_append() {
 	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
 	echo begin \(\) \{  >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
 	echo \ \ \ \ echo \$* >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
-	echo \} 
+	echo \}               >> ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/functions
 }