diff --git a/src/backends/edscontactbackend.cpp b/src/backends/edscontactbackend.cpp
index a599044636e44666973d8b72c9e7915ff181fcee..e4b02ddd67a5f244d394ff9ce08c3d3fcfba30d2 100644
--- a/src/backends/edscontactbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/edscontactbackend.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,14 @@ registry_cb(G_GNUC_UNUSED GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, GCancellable *c
             ESource *source = E_SOURCE(l->data);
             /* try to connect to each source ansynch */
 #if EDS_CHECK_VERSION(3,16,0)
-                e_book_client_connect(source, WAIT_FOR_CONNECTED_SECONDS, cancellable, (GAsyncReadyCallback)client_cb, NULL);
+            e_book_client_connect(source,
+                                  EdsContactBackend::WAIT_FOR_CONNECTED_SECONDS,
+                                  cancellable,
+                                  (GAsyncReadyCallback)client_cb,
+                                  NULL);
+#else
+            e_book_client_connect(source, cancellable, (GAsyncReadyCallback)client_cb, NULL);
 #endif
-                e_book_client_connect(source, cancellable, (GAsyncReadyCallback)client_cb, NULL);
         }
 
         g_list_free_full(list, g_object_unref);
diff --git a/src/backends/edscontactbackend.h b/src/backends/edscontactbackend.h
index 37ac8dbb1985c046ba7b2eb38914a763c53ca707..0bc9734bf46fb119856b1201babb5eefc98094b7 100644
--- a/src/backends/edscontactbackend.h
+++ b/src/backends/edscontactbackend.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
      * authentication requests. In case the backend will not connect within the
      * set interval, then it is opened in an offline mode. A special value -1
      * can be used to not wait for the connected state at all.
-     * */
+     */
     constexpr static guint32 WAIT_FOR_CONNECTED_SECONDS {5};
 #endif