diff --git a/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc b/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
index 8fcb712f6b3..87dd4ab120b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.cc
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void init_output() {
   gpr_thd_options options = gpr_thd_options_default();
   gpr_thd_options_set_joinable(&options);
   GPR_ASSERT(gpr_thd_new(&g_writing_thread, "timer_output_thread",
-			 writing_thread, NULL, &options));
+                         writing_thread, NULL, &options));
   atexit(finish_writing);
 }