diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
index 69bd73a2b556..9f94919a6bc6 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ static int orangefs_prepare_cdm_array(char *debug_array_string)
 		cds_delimiter = strchr(cds_head, '\n');
 		*cds_delimiter = '\0';
 
+		cds_head = skip_spaces(cds_head);
 		keyword_len = strcspn(cds_head, " ");
 
 		cdm_array[i].keyword = kzalloc(keyword_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);