diff --git a/src/client/dfuse/ops/read.c b/src/client/dfuse/ops/read.c
index f01391af127..afee51d9003 100644
--- a/src/client/dfuse/ops/read.c
+++ b/src/client/dfuse/ops/read.c
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ cb_read_helper(struct dfuse_event *ev, void *buff)
 static void
 dfuse_cb_slave_list_read_complete(struct dfuse_event *ev, struct dfuse_inode_entry *ie)
 {
-	struct dfuse_event *evs, *evn;
-	d_list_t            cblist;
-	char               *buf = ev->de_iov.iov_buf;
+	struct dfuse_event  *evs, *evn;
+	d_list_t             cblist;
+	char                *buf = ev->de_iov.iov_buf;
 	struct active_inode *ia  = ie->ie_active;
 
 	D_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cblist);
diff --git a/utils/node_local_test.py b/utils/node_local_test.py
index 67d86c17986..950c1a6dcf5 100755
--- a/utils/node_local_test.py
+++ b/utils/node_local_test.py
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ def test_pre_read(self):
         assert res['statistics']['pre_read'] == 0, res
         os.close(fd)
 
-        # Open a MB file.  This reads 8 128k chunks.
+        # Open a MB file.  This reads 8 128k chunks and 1 EOF.
         with open(join(dfuse.dir, 'file3'), 'r') as fd:
             data3 = fd.read()
         res = dfuse.check_usage(old=res)