diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/SAMTag.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/SAMTag.java
index f5f328042a..1b02607b9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/SAMTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/SAMTag.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public enum SAMTag {
     U2,
     UQ;
 
-    private final short shortValue = SAMTag.makeBinaryTag(this.name());;
+    private final short shortValue = SAMTag.makeBinaryTag(name());
 
     /**
      * Convert from String representation of tag name to short representation.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static short makeBinaryTag(String tag) {
      *
      * @return the binary representation of this tag name
      */
-    public short getBinaryTag(){
+    public short getBinaryTag() {
         return this.shortValue;
     }
 }