diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 61b2c111c4d1..f6483feb192f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2369cc9492a462285f9eec9d2bbfa730cc2ab5ac
+refs/heads/master: 32afbf07aa53120c0e3fe1881b948ded99f4fc35
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/trunk/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
index 81693b4c23b8..37891a8c030a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ 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++;