1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 0ed84806f8ae..cf61d6a8ef6f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -1006,11 +1006,8 @@ static int parse_strtoul(const char *buf,
 {
         char *endp;
 
-        while (*buf && isspace(*buf))
-                buf++;
-        *value = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
-        while (*endp && isspace(*endp))
-                endp++;
+        *value = simple_strtoul(skip_spaces(buf), &endp, 0);
+        endp = skip_spaces(endp);
         if (*endp || *value > max)
                 return -EINVAL;