diff --git a/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R b/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
index af1e19198d734..977825fcfd8ce 100644
--- a/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
+++ b/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ test_that("select with column", {
   expect_equal(columns(select(df5, "table.name")), "name")
 
   # Test that stats::alias is not masked
-  expect_is(alias(aov(yield ~ block + N*P*K, npk)), "listof")
+  expect_is(alias(aov(yield ~ block + N * P * K, npk)), "listof")
 
 
   expect_error(select(df, c("name", "age"), "name"),