diff --git a/src/balance.cpp b/src/balance.cpp
index c64f3f4c25..91b9d70378 100644
--- a/src/balance.cpp
+++ b/src/balance.cpp
@@ -482,11 +482,11 @@ void Balance::options(int iarg, int narg, char **arg, int sortflag_default)
       outflag = 1;
       outarg = iarg+1;
       iarg += 2;
-      
+
     } else if (strcmp(arg[iarg],"old") == 0) {
       oldrcb = 1;
       iarg++;
-      
+
     } else error->all(FLERR,"Illegal (fix) balance command");
   }
 
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ int *Balance::bisection()
   }
 
   if (triclinic) domain->lamda2x(nlocal);
-  
+
   rcb->invert(sortflag);
 
   // reset RCB lo/hi bounding box to full simulation box as needed
diff --git a/src/fix_balance.cpp b/src/fix_balance.cpp
index 0ada3d3b1f..06274eea03 100644
--- a/src/fix_balance.cpp
+++ b/src/fix_balance.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ FixBalance::FixBalance(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
   balance->options(iarg,narg,arg,0);
   wtflag = balance->wtflag;
   sortflag = balance->sortflag;
-  
+
   if (balance->varflag && nevery == 0)
     error->all(FLERR,"Fix balance nevery = 0 cannot be used with weight var");
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void FixBalance::rebalance()
   // sortflag determines whether irregular sorts its
   //   comm messages for reproducibility
   //   if not, message order is random, atom order is non-deterministic
-  
+
   if (domain->triclinic) domain->x2lamda(atom->nlocal);
   if (wtflag) balance->fixstore->disable = 0;
   if (lbstyle == BISECTION) irregular->migrate_atoms(sortflag,1,sendproc);