1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 45407f9f4..ede2f8997 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -572,10 +572,7 @@ static char *next_word(char **buf)
         }
 
         /* Skip over leading whitespace */
-        word = *buf;
-        while (isspace(*word)) {
-                ++word;
-        }
+        word = skip_whitespace(*buf);
 
         /* Skip over comments */
         if (*word == '#') {
@@ -712,9 +709,7 @@ static struct interfaces_file_t *read_interfaces(const char *filename)
                         }
 
                         /* ship any trailing whitespace */
-                        while (isspace(*buf_ptr)) {
-                                ++buf_ptr;
-                        }
+                        buf_ptr = skip_whitespace(buf_ptr);
 
                         if (buf_ptr[0] != '\0') {
                                 bb_error_msg("too many parameters \"%s\"", buf);