diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 97b781d8c6c8..9e7074c0ea87 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e9d393bf8660fbbbe00617015224342bac3ea6fc
+refs/heads/master: 28ef4002ec7b4be27f1110b83e255df8159c786a
diff --git a/trunk/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c b/trunk/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
index dee2dc062bcc..1bc9e31ae250 100644
--- a/trunk/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
+++ b/trunk/security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c
@@ -265,15 +265,15 @@ static int ima_parse_rule(char *rule, struct ima_measure_rule_entry *entry)
 
 	entry->uid = -1;
 	entry->action = UNKNOWN;
-	while ((p = strsep(&rule, " ")) != NULL) {
+	while ((p = strsep(&rule, " \t")) != NULL) {
 		substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 		int token;
 		unsigned long lnum;
 
 		if (result < 0)
 			break;
-		if (!*p)
-			break;
+		if ((*p == '\0') || (*p == ' ') || (*p == '\t'))
+			continue;
 		token = match_token(p, policy_tokens, args);
 		switch (token) {
 		case Opt_measure: