diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index c50733a..7857d4d 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1766,13 +1766,6 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF */
 
-static noinline char *skip_space(const char *str)
-{
-	while (isspace(*str))
-		++str;
-	return (char *)str;
-}
-
 /**
  * vsscanf - Unformat a buffer into a list of arguments
  * @buf:	input buffer
@@ -1794,8 +1787,8 @@
 		 * white space, including none, in the input.
 		 */
 		if (isspace(*fmt)) {
-			fmt = skip_space(fmt);
-			str = skip_space(str);
+			fmt = skip_spaces(++fmt);
+			str = skip_spaces(str);
 		}
 
 		/* anything that is not a conversion must match exactly */
@@ -1865,7 +1858,7 @@
 			if (field_width == -1)
 				field_width = INT_MAX;
 			/* first, skip leading white space in buffer */
-			str = skip_space(str);
+			str = skip_spaces(str);
 
 			/* now copy until next white space */
 			while (*str && !isspace(*str) && field_width--)
@@ -1907,7 +1900,7 @@
 		/* have some sort of integer conversion.
 		 * first, skip white space in buffer.
 		 */
-		str = skip_space(str);
+		str = skip_spaces(str);
 
 		digit = *str;
 		if (is_sign && digit == '-')