diff --git a/salt/utils/cloud.py b/salt/utils/cloud.py
index 4c9ac82757..925a752ee7 100644
--- a/salt/utils/cloud.py
+++ b/salt/utils/cloud.py
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ def deploy_script(host,
                     continue
 
                 if os.path.isdir(local_file):
-                    dir_name = os.path.basename(local_file)
+                    dir_name  = os.path.basename(local_file)
                     remote_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(remote_file),
                                               dir_name)
                 else:
@@ -1548,7 +1548,6 @@ def sftp_file(dest_path, contents=None, kwargs=None, local_file=None):
         if os.path.isdir(local_file):
             put_args = ['-r']
 
-
     log.debug('Uploading {0} to {1} (sfcp)'.format(dest_path, kwargs.get('hostname')))
 
     ssh_args = [