diff --git a/repos/libports/src/test/memcpy/main.cc b/repos/libports/src/test/memcpy/main.cc
index 9108972d7d..065c1e2d7a 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/test/memcpy/main.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/test/memcpy/main.cc
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ using Genode::log;
 
 struct Bytewise_test {
 
-	void start()    { log("start bytewise memcpy");    }
-	void finished() { log("finished bytewise memcpy"); }
+	void start()    { log(""); log("start bytewise memcpy");    }
+	void finished() {          log("finished bytewise memcpy"); log(""); }
 
 	void copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) {
 		bytewise_memcpy(dst, src, size); }
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ struct Bytewise_test {
 
 struct Genode_cpy_test {
 
-	void start()    { log("start Genode memcpy");    }
-	void finished() { log("finished Genode memcpy"); }
+	void start()    { log(""); log("start Genode memcpy");    }
+	void finished() {          log("finished Genode memcpy"); log(""); }
 
 	void copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) {
 		Genode::memcpy(dst, src, size); }
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ struct Genode_cpy_test {
 
 struct Genode_set_test {
 
-	void start()    { log("start Genode memset");    }
-	void finished() { log("finished Genode memset"); }
+	void start()    { log(""); log("start Genode memset");    }
+	void finished() {          log("finished Genode memset"); log(""); }
 
 	void copy(void *dst, const void *, size_t size) {
 		Genode::memset(dst, 0, size); }
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ struct Genode_set_test {
 
 struct Libc_cpy_test {
 
-	void start()    { log("start libc memcpy");    }
-	void finished() { log("finished libc memcpy"); }
+	void start()    { log(""); log("start libc memcpy");    }
+	void finished() {          log("finished libc memcpy"); log(""); }
 
 	void copy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) {
 		memcpy(dst, src, size); }
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ struct Libc_cpy_test {
 
 struct Libc_set_test {
 
-	void start()    { log("start libc memset");    }
-	void finished() { log("finished libc memset"); }
+	void start()    { log(""); log("start libc memset");    }
+	void finished() {          log("finished libc memset"); log(""); }
 
 	void copy(void *dst, const void *, size_t size) {
 		memset(dst, 0, size); }