1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lib.c b/security/apparmor/lib.c
index 6e85cdb4303f..506d2baf6147 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lib.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lib.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ char *aa_split_fqname(char *fqname, char **ns_name)
         *ns_name = NULL;
         if (name[0] == ':') {
                 char *split = strchr(&name[1], ':');
+                *ns_name = skip_spaces(&name[1]);
                 if (split) {
                         /* overwrite ':' with \0 */
                         *split = 0;
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ char *aa_split_fqname(char *fqname, char **ns_name)
                 } else
                         /* a ns name without a following profile is allowed */
                         name = NULL;
-                *ns_name = &name[1];
         }
         if (name && *name == 0)
                 name = NULL;