diff --git a/src/s3fs.cpp b/src/s3fs.cpp
index c886ddf..20262cc 100644
--- a/src/s3fs.cpp
+++ b/src/s3fs.cpp
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ static int s3fs_readlink(const char* path, char* buf, size_t size)
   }
   buf[ressize] = '\0';
 
+  // check buf if it has space words.
+  string strTmp = trim(string(buf));
+  strcpy(buf, strTmp.c_str());
+
   FdManager::get()->Close(ent);
   S3FS_MALLOCTRIM(0);
 
@@ -1172,9 +1176,10 @@ static int s3fs_symlink(const char* from, const char* to)
     S3FS_PRN_ERR("could not open tmpfile(errno=%d)", errno);
     return -errno;
   }
-  // write
-  ssize_t from_size = strlen(from);
-  if(from_size != ent->Write(from, 0, from_size)){
+  // write(without space words)
+  string  strFrom   = trim(string(from));
+  ssize_t from_size = static_cast<ssize_t>(strFrom.length());
+  if(from_size != ent->Write(strFrom.c_str(), 0, from_size)){
     S3FS_PRN_ERR("could not write tmpfile(errno=%d)", errno);
     FdManager::get()->Close(ent);
     return -errno;