diff --git a/src/modules/systemlib/mavlink_log.c b/src/modules/systemlib/mavlink_log.c
index bf897b3057..311e7d8c91 100644
--- a/src/modules/systemlib/mavlink_log.c
+++ b/src/modules/systemlib/mavlink_log.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ __EXPORT void mavlink_vasprintf(int severity, orb_advert_t *mavlink_log_pub, con
 	struct mavlink_log_s log_msg;
 
 	log_msg.severity = severity;
+
 	log_msg.timestamp = hrt_absolute_time();
 
 	va_list ap;