diff --git a/generator/Method.cs b/generator/Method.cs
index 93593b36d..29b80c2fa 100644
--- a/generator/Method.cs
+++ b/generator/Method.cs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 		
 		private void GenerateDeclCommon (StreamWriter sw, ClassBase implementor)
 		{
-			if (elem.GetAttribute ("shared") == "true"))
+			if (elem.GetAttribute ("shared") == "true")
 				sw.Write("static ");
 			sw.Write (Safety);
 			Method dup = null;