diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index c00a31d18f8a..cb90435e63da 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1236,14 +1236,14 @@ int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 			cnt--;
 		}
 
+		parser->idx = 0;
+
 		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch) || !ch) {
 			*ppos += read;
 			ret = read;
 			goto out;
 		}
-
-		parser->idx = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* read the non-space input */