diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7f7846706213..763382440033 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e3816c5407c800e4fb055d08f668286db6b7113f
+refs/heads/master: 66f6958e69d8055277356d3cc2e7a1d734db1755
diff --git a/trunk/lib/string.c b/trunk/lib/string.c
index 11df54325fb8..dc4a86341f91 100644
--- a/trunk/lib/string.c
+++ b/trunk/lib/string.c
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ char *strim(char *s)
 	size_t size;
 	char *end;
 
-	s = skip_spaces(s);
 	size = strlen(s);
 	if (!size)
 		return s;
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ char *strim(char *s)
 		end--;
 	*(end + 1) = '\0';
 
-	return s;
+	return skip_spaces(s);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strim);