diff --git a/administrator/components/com_users/models/level.php b/administrator/components/com_users/models/level.php
index ac9c00d796808..22d25b20d161e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_users/models/level.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_users/models/level.php
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ public function save($data)
 			$data['rules'] = array();
 		}
 
+		$data['title'] = JFilterInput::getInstance()->clean($data['title'], 'TRIM');
+
 		return parent::save($data);
 	}
 }