1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index f9532e09b608..a315138ece55 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bprintf);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF */
 
+static noinline char *skip_space(const char *str)
+{
+        while (isspace(*str))
+                ++str;
+        return (char *)str;
+}
+
 /**
  * vsscanf - Unformat a buffer into a list of arguments
  * @buf:        input buffer
@@ -1807,10 +1814,8 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
                  * white space, including none, in the input.
                  */
                 if (isspace(*fmt)) {
-                        while (isspace(*fmt))
-                                ++fmt;
-                        while (isspace(*str))
-                                ++str;
+                        fmt = skip_space(fmt);
+                        str = skip_space(str);
                 }
 
                 /* anything that is not a conversion must match exactly */
@@ -1880,8 +1885,7 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
                         if (field_width == -1)
                                 field_width = INT_MAX;
                         /* first, skip leading white space in buffer */
-                        while (isspace(*str))
-                                str++;
+                        str = skip_space(str);
 
                         /* now copy until next white space */
                         while (*str && !isspace(*str) && field_width--)
@@ -1923,8 +1927,7 @@ int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
                 /* have some sort of integer conversion.
                  * first, skip white space in buffer.
                  */
-                while (isspace(*str))
-                        str++;
+                str = skip_space(str);
 
                 digit = *str;
                 if (is_sign && digit == '-')