diff --git a/lib/backend.py b/lib/backend.py
index ecdbb80dac29d6734275f7c609a9f1565b18056c..da969c0f25d0436615fb8a120f4325ac4a11cd4d 100644
--- a/lib/backend.py
+++ b/lib/backend.py
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ class HooksRunner(object):
       fdstdin = open("/dev/null", "r")
       child = subprocess.Popen([script], stdin=fdstdin, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, close_fds=True,
-                               shell=False, cwd="/",env=env)
+                               shell=False, cwd="/", env=env)
       output = ""
       try:
         output = child.stdout.read(4096)
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index 9a23693368b36cc6dfd401f256882ca90d37ca0a..660cb6182ce1cfd85ab2787977209ddfbcebcb47 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def ImportInstance(opts, args):
                                 vcpus=opts.vcpus, ip_check=opts.ip_check,
                                 ip=opts.ip, bridge=opts.bridge, start=False,
                                 src_node=opts.src_node, src_path=opts.src_dir,
-                                wait_for_sync=opts.wait_for_sync,mac="auto")
+                                wait_for_sync=opts.wait_for_sync, mac="auto")
   SubmitOpCode(op)
   return 0