2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 1a6cb3c7822e..91976e8fae5f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -600,11 +601,8 @@ int dm_split_args(int *argc, char ***argvp, char *input)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         while (1) {
-                start = end;
-
                 /* Skip whitespace */
-                while (*start && isspace(*start))
-                        start++;
+                start = skip_spaces(end);
 
                 if (!*start)
                         break;  /* success, we hit the end */
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e1f3c1715cca..6f9148623a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for invalidate_bdev */
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
@@ -3439,8 +3440,7 @@ bitmap_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
                 }
                 if (*end && !isspace(*end)) break;
                 bitmap_dirty_bits(mddev->bitmap, chunk, end_chunk);
-                buf = end;
-                while (isspace(*buf)) buf++;
+                buf = skip_spaces(end);
         }
         bitmap_unplug(mddev->bitmap); /* flush the bits to disk */
 out: