diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index 20bda125cb88f2..ad12b9a7e94935 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
                             else:
                                 with open(device_md5_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as md5_file:
                                     md5 = md5_file.read()
-                                    if ci_manifest[device] != md5
-                                    print("MISMATCH OUTPUT - Cached files out of date. Please run chef with the flag --generate_zzz and commit /examples/chef/zzz_generated and /examples/chef/cimanifes.json")
-                                    exit(1)
+                                    if ci_manifest[device] != md5:
+                                        print("MISMATCH OUTPUT - Cached files out of date. Please run chef with the flag --generate_zzz and commit /examples/chef/zzz_generated and /examples/chef/cimanifes.json")
+                                        exit(1)
                     except KeyError:
                         print("MISSING DEVICE CACHE - Cached files out of date. Please run chef with the flag --generate_zzz and commit /examples/chef/zzz_generated and /examples/chef/cimanifes.json")
                         exit(1)