diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index de840de87a18..e913d41a4194 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -216,11 +216,17 @@ static int event_trigger_regex_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static int trigger_process_regex(struct trace_event_file *file, char *buff)
 {
-	char *command, *next = buff;
+	char *command, *next;
 	struct event_command *p;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
+	next = buff = skip_spaces(buff);
 	command = strsep(&next, ": \t");
+	if (next) {
+		next = skip_spaces(next);
+		if (!*next)
+			next = NULL;
+	}
 	command = (command[0] != '!') ? command : command + 1;
 
 	mutex_lock(&trigger_cmd_mutex);
@@ -630,8 +636,14 @@ event_trigger_callback(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	int ret;
 
 	/* separate the trigger from the filter (t:n [if filter]) */
-	if (param && isdigit(param[0]))
+	if (param && isdigit(param[0])) {
 		trigger = strsep(&param, " \t");
+		if (param) {
+			param = skip_spaces(param);
+			if (!*param)
+				param = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	trigger_ops = cmd_ops->get_trigger_ops(cmd, trigger);
 
@@ -1368,6 +1380,11 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	trigger = strsep(&param, " \t");
 	if (!trigger)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (param) {
+		param = skip_spaces(param);
+		if (!*param)
+			param = NULL;
+	}
 
 	system = strsep(&trigger, ":");
 	if (!trigger)