diff --git a/cpp/src/io/orc/writer_impl.cu b/cpp/src/io/orc/writer_impl.cu
index fa7f1796b9b..c1eb9891229 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/orc/writer_impl.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/orc/writer_impl.cu
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ std::vector<StripeInformation> writer::impl::gather_stripes(
   hostdevice_2dvector<gpu::encoder_chunk_streams>* enc_streams,
   hostdevice_2dvector<gpu::StripeStream>* strm_desc)
 {
-  if (segmentation.num_stripes() == 0) return {};
+  if (segmentation.num_stripes() == 0) { return {}; }
   std::vector<StripeInformation> stripes(segmentation.num_stripes());
   for (auto const& stripe : segmentation.stripes) {
     for (size_t col_idx = 0; col_idx < enc_streams->size().first; col_idx++) {