diff --git a/R-package/src/install.libs.R b/R-package/src/install.libs.R
index 592f9f3fd3ee..6f10d12a1685 100644
--- a/R-package/src/install.libs.R
+++ b/R-package/src/install.libs.R
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ if (file.exists(src)) {
   file.copy(src, dest, overwrite = TRUE)
 
   symbols_file <- file.path(R_PACKAGE_SOURCE, "src", "symbols.rds")
-  if (file.exists(symbols_file)){
+  if (file.exists(symbols_file)) {
     file.copy(symbols_file, dest, overwrite = TRUE)
   }