diff --git a/clientapi/routing/membership.go b/clientapi/routing/membership.go
index cba938140f..5d9cf0ddcb 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/membership.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/membership.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func SendBan(
 
 	plEvent := roomserverAPI.GetStateEvent(req.Context(), rsAPI, roomID, gomatrixserverlib.StateKeyTuple{
 		EventType: gomatrixserverlib.MRoomPowerLevels,
-		StateKey: "",
+		StateKey:  "",
 	})
 	if plEvent == nil {
 		return util.JSONResponse{