1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 768c111a77ec..827bde1f2594 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2137,11 +2137,8 @@ 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;