diff --git a/CIME/case/case_st_archive.py b/CIME/case/case_st_archive.py
index 3588a336d6d..7f2ec2b93da 100644
--- a/CIME/case/case_st_archive.py
+++ b/CIME/case/case_st_archive.py
@@ -239,17 +239,15 @@ def _archive_rpointer_files(
                                 rpointer_file = rpointer_file.replace(key, value)
                                 rpointer_content = rpointer_content.replace(key, value)
 
-                                # write out the respective files with the correct contents
-                                rpointer_file = os.path.join(
-                                    archive_restdir, rpointer_file
-                                )
-                                logger.info(
-                                    "writing rpointer_file {}".format(rpointer_file)
-                                )
-                                f = open(rpointer_file, "w")
-                                for output in rpointer_content.split(","):
-                                    f.write("{} \n".format(output))
-                                f.close()
+                            # write out the respective files with the correct contents
+                            rpointer_file = os.path.join(archive_restdir, rpointer_file)
+                            logger.info(
+                                "writing rpointer_file {}".format(rpointer_file)
+                            )
+                            f = open(rpointer_file, "w")
+                            for output in rpointer_content.split(","):
+                                f.write("{} \n".format(output))
+                            f.close()
                     else:
                         logger.info(
                             "rpointer_content unset, not creating rpointer file {}".format(