diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 0ec035b86..e90a1da25 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ std::pair<string, string> decodeContext(const string & s)
         size_t index = s.find("!", 1);
         return std::pair<string, string>(string(s, index + 1), string(s, 1, index - 1));
     } else
-        return std::pair<string, string>(s.at(0) == '/' ? s: string(s, 1), "");
+        return std::pair<string, string>(s.at(0) == '/' ? s : string(s, 1), "");
 }