diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/largeform/largeform.e2e-spec.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/largeform/largeform.e2e-spec.ts
index cd2d96e177..5cd7516a27 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/largeform/largeform.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/largeform/largeform.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('largeform benchmark', () => {
 
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should work for ng2', async () => {
+  it('should work for ng2', async() => {
     openBrowser({
       url: '/',
       params: [{name: 'copies', value: 1}],
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
index e5640b9743..5592e17da5 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const SCENARIOS = [
 describe('styling benchmark spec', () => {
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should render and interact to update and detect changes', async () => {
+  it('should render and interact to update and detect changes', async() => {
     openBrowser({url: '/', ignoreBrowserSynchronization: true});
     create();
     const items = element.all(by.css('styling-bindings button'));
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('styling benchmark spec', () => {
     expect(await items.first().getAttribute('title')).toBe('baz');
   });
 
-  it('should render and run noop change detection', async () => {
+  it('should render and run noop change detection', async() => {
     openBrowser({url: '/', ignoreBrowserSynchronization: true});
     create();
     const items = element.all(by.css('styling-bindings button'));