diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HtmlCharacterEntityDecoder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HtmlCharacterEntityDecoder.java
index 6b966e6788..b99b97fea9 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HtmlCharacterEntityDecoder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HtmlCharacterEntityDecoder.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ class HtmlCharacterEntityDecoder {
 				this.nextPotentialReferencePosition = -1;
 				break;
 			}
-
 			if (this.nextSemicolonPosition - this.nextPotentialReferencePosition < MAX_REFERENCE_SIZE) {
 				break;
 			}