diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk-properties.c b/misc-utils/lsblk-properties.c
index 9ffe2e4af..bc6079371 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk-properties.c
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk-properties.c
@@ -112,15 +112,19 @@ static struct lsblk_devprop *get_properties_by_udev(struct lsblk_device *ld)
 			data = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_SERIAL_SHORT");
 		if(!data)
 			data = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_SERIAL");
-		if (data)
+		if (data) {
 			prop->serial = xstrdup(data);
+			normalize_whitespace((unsigned char *) prop->serial);
+		}
 
 		if ((data = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_MODEL_ENC"))) {
 			prop->model = xstrdup(data);
 			unhexmangle_string(prop->model);
 			normalize_whitespace((unsigned char *) prop->model);
-		} else if ((data = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_MODEL")))
+		} else if ((data = udev_device_get_property_value(dev, "ID_MODEL"))) {
 			prop->model = xstrdup(data);
+			normalize_whitespace((unsigned char *) prop->model);
+		}
 
 		udev_device_unref(dev);
 		DBG(DEV, ul_debugobj(ld, "%s: found udev properties", ld->name));