diff --git a/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm b/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
index b2d73a70a72dfaae5af37e0f8ad0307859127d6f..92b03b208b0268cde1b5b2d355bbf013cfc760d3 100644
--- a/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
+++ b/modules/intermediate_format/preprocessing.xqm
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ declare function pre:preprocessing
                     }
                 )
                 else (
-                    whitespace:set-additional-whitespace($node) )
+                    whitespace:set-additional-whitespace($node)
                 )
             )