diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index f2be436fec1a3..48a2b1f90fe43 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ class GPTNeoXModel(Model):
 
     def set_vocab(self):
         try:
-            self. _set_vocab_sentencepiece()
+            self._set_vocab_sentencepiece()
         except FileNotFoundError:
             self._set_vocab_gpt2()