diff --git a/controller/nucleus/gnmi_transport.go b/controller/nucleus/gnmi_transport.go
index 832a19612d8d6c2e6af48ba4f98f6a2f9805e5a6..f1c46a97c1de91b085c7e34f6208ef90b447ded2 100644
--- a/controller/nucleus/gnmi_transport.go
+++ b/controller/nucleus/gnmi_transport.go
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ func (g *Gnmi) applyDiff(ctx context.Context, payload change.Payload, path *gpb.
 	}
 
 	if op := ctx.Value(types.CtxKeyOperation); op == ppb.ApiOperation_API_OPERATION_UPDATE || op == ppb.ApiOperation_API_OPERATION_REPLACE {
-
 		filteredUpdates := make([]*gpb.Update, 0)
 		for _, u := range diff.Update {
 			rootSchema := schema.RootSchema()