diff --git a/src/mapservutil.c b/src/mapservutil.c
index b6a9393abc..efa34f6fd7 100644
--- a/src/mapservutil.c
+++ b/src/mapservutil.c
@@ -2002,8 +2002,8 @@ int msCGIDispatchQueryRequest(mapservObj *mapserv) {
     /* catch empty result set when web->empty is set (#6907) */
     if (mapserv->map->web.empty != NULL ||
         CPLGetConfigOption("MS_EMPTY", NULL) != NULL) {
-      int n=0;
-      for (int i=0; i<mapserv->map->numlayers; i++) { // count results
+      int n = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < mapserv->map->numlayers; i++) { // count results
         if (mapserv->map->layers[i]->resultcache) {
           n += mapserv->map->layers[i]->resultcache->numresults;
         }