1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 11df54325fb8..dc4a86341f91 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ char *strim(char *s)
         size_t size;
         char *end;
 
-        s = skip_spaces(s);
         size = strlen(s);
         if (!size)
                 return s;
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ char *strim(char *s)
                 end--;
         *(end + 1) = '\0';
 
-        return s;
+        return skip_spaces(s);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strim);