diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
index 206c2fa8c1ba..8643f5089361 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ static void ipr_log_enhanced_dual_ioa_error(struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg,
 
 	error = &hostrcb->hcam.u.error.u.type_17_error;
 	error->failure_reason[sizeof(error->failure_reason) - 1] = '\0';
-	strstrip(error->failure_reason);
+	strim(error->failure_reason);
 
 	ipr_hcam_err(hostrcb, "%s [PRC: %08X]\n", error->failure_reason,
 		     be32_to_cpu(hostrcb->hcam.u.error.prc));
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static void ipr_log_dual_ioa_error(struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg,
 
 	error = &hostrcb->hcam.u.error.u.type_07_error;
 	error->failure_reason[sizeof(error->failure_reason) - 1] = '\0';
-	strstrip(error->failure_reason);
+	strim(error->failure_reason);
 
 	ipr_hcam_err(hostrcb, "%s [PRC: %08X]\n", error->failure_reason,
 		     be32_to_cpu(hostrcb->hcam.u.error.prc));
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 168dad11ae03..651839a2a755 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ extern char * strnchr(const char *, size_t, int);
 extern char * strrchr(const char *,int);
 #endif
 extern char * __must_check skip_spaces(const char *);
-extern char * __must_check strstrip(char *);
+
+extern char *strim(char *);
+
+static inline __must_check char *strstrip(char *str)
+{
+	return strim(str);
+}
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
 extern char * strstr(const char *,const char *);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 765566a6a088..afce96af3afd 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -352,14 +352,14 @@ char *skip_spaces(const char *str)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skip_spaces);
 
 /**
- * strstrip - Removes leading and trailing whitespace from @s.
+ * strim - Removes leading and trailing whitespace from @s.
  * @s: The string to be stripped.
  *
  * Note that the first trailing whitespace is replaced with a %NUL-terminator
  * in the given string @s. Returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace
  * character in @s.
  */
-char *strstrip(char *s)
+char *strim(char *s)
 {
 	size_t size;
 	char *end;
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ char *strstrip(char *s)
 
 	return s;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strstrip);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strim);
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
 /**