diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index e22c148..f935029 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -209,8 +210,7 @@
 		char *end;
 
 		/* Skip leading whitespace */
-		while (*buf && isspace(*buf))
-			buf++;
+		buf = skip_spaces(buf);
 		if (!*buf)
 			break;	/* oh, it was trailing whitespace */