diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 1f8a36d23..e3b01886b 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ valid_fqdn() {
 valid_hostname() {
 	local hostname=$1
 
- [[ $hostname =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+$ ]] && [[ $hostname != 'localhost' ]] && return 0 || return 1
+	[[ $hostname =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+$ ]] && [[ $hostname != 'localhost' ]] && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
 valid_ip4() {