diff --git a/src/awkward/_v2/contents/numpyarray.py b/src/awkward/_v2/contents/numpyarray.py
index 99445a184e..409cdbf017 100644
--- a/src/awkward/_v2/contents/numpyarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/_v2/contents/numpyarray.py
@@ -985,7 +985,6 @@ def _validityerror(self, path):
                 )
         return ""
 
-
     def _rpad(self, target, axis, depth, clip):
         if len(self.shape) == 0:
             raise ValueError("cannot rpad a scalar")