diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/src/sim_bringup.c b/boards/sim/sim/sim/src/sim_bringup.c
index 278ab4c698c..9dc6bcf21d0 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/src/sim_bringup.c
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/src/sim_bringup.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ int sim_bringup(void)
       /* Initialized the RAM MTD */
 
       struct mtd_dev_s *mtd = rammtd_initialize(ramstart, 128 * 1024);
+
       if (mtd == NULL)
         {
           syslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: rammtd_initialize failed\n");
@@ -572,6 +573,7 @@ int sim_bringup(void)
   /* Set up a MAC address for the RNDIS device. */
 
   uint8_t mac[6];
+
   mac[0] = (CONFIG_SIM_RNDIS_MACADDR >> (8 * 5)) & 0xff;
   mac[1] = (CONFIG_SIM_RNDIS_MACADDR >> (8 * 4)) & 0xff;
   mac[2] = (CONFIG_SIM_RNDIS_MACADDR >> (8 * 3)) & 0xff;