diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index ce8fad956b38..1e02bb431dcb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 					   event->fields[i]->is_dynamic,
 					   data_size, &n_u64);
 			data_size += len; /* only dynamic string increments */
-		} if (event->fields[i]->is_stack) {
-		        long *stack = (long *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
+		} else if (event->fields[i]->is_stack) {
+			long *stack = (long *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
 
 			len = trace_stack(entry, event, stack,
 					   data_size, &n_u64);