1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ca83b73fba19..0249f4be9b5c 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1710,14 +1710,13 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_write_X64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                 return -EFAULT;
 
         buffer[nbytes] = 0;     /* nul-terminate */
-        strstrip(buffer);
         if (cft->write_u64) {
-                u64 val = simple_strtoull(buffer, &end, 0);
+                u64 val = simple_strtoull(strstrip(buffer), &end, 0);
                 if (*end)
                         return -EINVAL;
                 retval = cft->write_u64(cgrp, cft, val);
         } else {
-                s64 val = simple_strtoll(buffer, &end, 0);
+                s64 val = simple_strtoll(strstrip(buffer), &end, 0);
                 if (*end)
                         return -EINVAL;
                 retval = cft->write_s64(cgrp, cft, val);
@@ -1753,8 +1752,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_write_string(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
         }
 
         buffer[nbytes] = 0;     /* nul-terminate */
-        strstrip(buffer);
-        retval = cft->write_string(cgrp, cft, buffer);
+        retval = cft->write_string(cgrp, cft, strstrip(buffer));
         if (!retval)
                 retval = nbytes;
 out: