diff --git a/src/core/lib/json/json_reader.c b/src/core/lib/json/json_reader.c
index bc04bccc65e..5b42ca53ff5 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/json/json_reader.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/json/json_reader.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ grpc_json_reader_status grpc_json_reader_run(grpc_json_reader *reader) {
         switch (reader->state) {
           case GRPC_JSON_STATE_OBJECT_KEY_STRING:
           case GRPC_JSON_STATE_VALUE_STRING:
-            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0)
+            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0) {
               return GRPC_JSON_PARSE_ERROR;
+            }
             json_reader_string_add_char(reader, c);
             break;
 
@@ -289,8 +290,9 @@ grpc_json_reader_status grpc_json_reader_run(grpc_json_reader *reader) {
             break;
 
           case GRPC_JSON_STATE_OBJECT_KEY_STRING:
-            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0)
+            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0) {
               return GRPC_JSON_PARSE_ERROR;
+            }
             if (c == '"') {
               reader->state = GRPC_JSON_STATE_OBJECT_KEY_END;
               json_reader_set_key(reader);
@@ -302,8 +304,9 @@ grpc_json_reader_status grpc_json_reader_run(grpc_json_reader *reader) {
             break;
 
           case GRPC_JSON_STATE_VALUE_STRING:
-            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0)
+            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate != 0) {
               return GRPC_JSON_PARSE_ERROR;
+            }
             if (c == '"') {
               reader->state = GRPC_JSON_STATE_VALUE_END;
               json_reader_set_string(reader);
@@ -383,8 +386,9 @@ grpc_json_reader_status grpc_json_reader_run(grpc_json_reader *reader) {
             } else {
               reader->state = GRPC_JSON_STATE_VALUE_STRING;
             }
-            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate && c != 'u')
+            if (reader->unicode_high_surrogate && c != 'u') {
               return GRPC_JSON_PARSE_ERROR;
+            }
             switch (c) {
               case '"':
               case '/':
diff --git a/test/core/json/json_test.c b/test/core/json/json_test.c
index ac1abbd8f3d..7ea5caca5b1 100644
--- a/test/core/json/json_test.c
+++ b/test/core/json/json_test.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without