diff --git a/salt/utils/cloud.py b/salt/utils/cloud.py
index 16c0a16810..1b1f60d1a2 100644
--- a/salt/utils/cloud.py
+++ b/salt/utils/cloud.py
@@ -1394,12 +1394,12 @@ def scp_file(dest_path, contents, kwargs):
         ssh_args.extend([
             # Setup ProxyCommand
             '-oProxyCommand="ssh {0} {1} {2} {3} {4}@{5} -p {6} nc -q0 %h %p"'.format(
-        	# Don't add new hosts to the host key database
-        	'-oStrictHostKeyChecking=no',
-        	# Set hosts key database path to /dev/null, ie, non-existing
-        	'-oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null',
-        	# Don't re-use the SSH connection. Less failures.
-        	'-oControlPath=none',
+            # Don't add new hosts to the host key database
+            '-oStrictHostKeyChecking=no',
+            # Set hosts key database path to /dev/null, ie, non-existing
+            '-oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null',
+            # Don't re-use the SSH connection. Less failures.
+            '-oControlPath=none',
                 ssh_gateway_key,
                 ssh_gateway_user,
                 ssh_gateway,