diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c
index 6e186b1a062d..652bd33109e3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int userspace_status(struct dm_dirty_log *log, status_type_t status_type,
 		break;
 	case STATUSTYPE_TABLE:
 		sz = 0;
-		table_args = strstr(lc->usr_argv_str, " ");
+		table_args = strchr(lc->usr_argv_str, ' ');
 		BUG_ON(!table_args); /* There will always be a ' ' */
 		table_args++;