diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5f3040e05490..3c0c1669b5ba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: eb08b6b973cb91311431c6eea3cc232b97152a84
+refs/heads/master: a9edadbf790d72adf6ebed476cb5caf7743e7e4a
diff --git a/trunk/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/trunk/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 5a402e2982af..5b6d7f6956b9 100644
--- a/trunk/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/trunk/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
 	enum kobject_action action;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (count && buf[count-1] == '\n')
+	if (count && (buf[count-1] == '\n' || buf[count-1] == '\0'))
 		count--;
 
 	if (!count)