diff --git a/volatility3/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py b/volatility3/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
index ce1015789..5539e1e84 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/plugins/windows/poolscanner.py
@@ -222,25 +222,25 @@ class PoolScanner(plugins.PluginInterface):
                 type_name=symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_EPROCESS",
                 object_type="Process",
                 size=(600, None),
-                skip_type_test = True,
+                skip_type_test=True,
                 page_type=PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE,
             ),
             # threads on windows before windows8
             PoolConstraint(
-                b'Thr\xe5',  # -> “protected” allocation, MSB is set.
-                type_name = symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_ETHREAD",
+                b"Thr\xe5",  # -> “protected” allocation, MSB is set.
+                type_name=symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_ETHREAD",
                 object_type="Thread",
-                size = (600, None),     # -> 0x0258 - size of strcut in win5.1
-                skip_type_test = True,
-                page_type = PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE
+                size=(600, None),  # -> 0x0258 - size of strcut in win5.1
+                skip_type_test=True,
+                page_type=PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE,
             ),
             # threads on windows starting with windows8
             PoolConstraint(
-                b'Thre',
-                type_name = symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_ETHREAD",
+                b"Thre",
+                type_name=symbol_table + constants.BANG + "_ETHREAD",
                 object_type="Thread",
-                size = (600, None),     # -> 0x0258 - size of strcut in win5.1
-                page_type = PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE
+                size=(600, None),  # -> 0x0258 - size of strcut in win5.1
+                page_type=PoolType.PAGED | PoolType.NONPAGED | PoolType.FREE,
             ),
             # files on windows before windows 8
             PoolConstraint(
diff --git a/volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py b/volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
index 4ad74f61a..8790f41a7 100755
--- a/volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/symbols/windows/extensions/__init__.py
@@ -499,17 +499,18 @@ class ETHREAD(objects.StructType, pool.ExecutiveObject):
         """Determine if the object is valid."""
 
         try:
-            
             # validation by TID:
-            if self.Cid.UniqueThread % 4 != 0: # NT tids are divisible by 4
+            if self.Cid.UniqueThread % 4 != 0:  # NT tids are divisible by 4
                 return False
-            
+
             # validation by PID of parent process:
             if self.Cid.UniqueProcess % 4 != 0:
                 return False
-            
+
             # validation by thread creation time:
-            if self.Cid.UniqueProcess != 4:     # The System process (PID 4) has no create time
+            if (
+                self.Cid.UniqueProcess != 4
+            ):  # The System process (PID 4) has no create time
                 ctime = self.get_create_time()
                 if not isinstance(ctime, datetime.datetime):
                     return False
@@ -518,14 +519,14 @@ class ETHREAD(objects.StructType, pool.ExecutiveObject):
             return False
 
         # passed all validations
-        return True        
-        
+        return True
+
     def get_create_time(self):
         return conversion.wintime_to_datetime(self.CreateTime.QuadPart)
 
     def get_exit_time(self):
         return conversion.wintime_to_datetime(self.ExitTime.QuadPart)
-    
+
     def owning_process(self) -> interfaces.objects.ObjectInterface:
         """Return the EPROCESS that owns this thread."""