diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index bc1fc0c998..59839b9540 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -2991,7 +2991,6 @@ int ff_thread_ref_frame(ThreadFrame *dst, ThreadFrame *src)
 int ff_thread_get_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, ThreadFrame *f, int flags)
 {
     f->owner = avctx;
-
     return ff_get_buffer(avctx, f->f, flags);
 }