diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index 5f862d73bb03ebbc716ccb3ba9f7a2df72598a0b..5960544a3b01f8d455a7c66e8ab0f619f6369588 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ seq2set(PyObject *seq, fd_set *set, pylist fd2obj[FD_SETSIZE + 1])
 	fd2obj[0].obj = (PyObject*)0;	     /* set list to zero size */
 	FD_ZERO(set);
 
-        fast_seq=PySequence_Fast(seq, "arguments 1-3 must be sequences");
+        fast_seq = PySequence_Fast(seq, "arguments 1-3 must be sequences");
         if (!fast_seq)
             return -1;