diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/accelsim/accelsim.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/accelsim/accelsim.cpp
index 5928ca834ba..1ba06148cb0 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/accelsim/accelsim.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/accelsim/accelsim.cpp
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ accelsim_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		accelsim::usage();
 		return 1;
 	}
+
 	const char *verb = argv[myoptind];
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/adcsim/adcsim.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/adcsim/adcsim.cpp
index 8ae066e5f55..5cd9fff61f7 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/adcsim/adcsim.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/adcsim/adcsim.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ adcsim_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 
 		ret = g_adc->init();
+
 		if (ret != 0) {
 			PX4_ERR("ADCSIM init failed (%d)", ret);
 			return 1;
diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
index 4adb3db9d7b..c44b10e8790 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/drivers/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/drivers/gyrosim/gyrosim.cpp
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ GYROSIM::init()
 	struct gyro_report grp = {};
 
 	ret = VirtDevObj::init();
+
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		PX4_WARN("Base class init failed");
 		ret = 1;