diff --git a/network/gateway/hostPool.go b/network/gateway/hostPool.go
index 09bb8a8405f262f181c8da66a3b0848fc261f73b..4739d5052494f5c4bea99738970885634941d0ad 100644
--- a/network/gateway/hostPool.go
+++ b/network/gateway/hostPool.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (h *HostPool) initialize(startIdx uint32) error {
 	}
 	numGatewaysToTry := h.poolParams.MaxPings
 	numGateways := uint32(len(randomGateways))
-	if numGatewaysToTry>numGateways{
+	if numGatewaysToTry > numGateways {
 		numGatewaysToTry = numGateways
 	}
 	resultList := make([]gatewayDuration, 0, numGatewaysToTry)