diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.py
index 22cc77d67f..751d210f71 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/advanced_host_list.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         try:
             for h in host_list.split(','):
+                h = h.strip()
                 if h:
                     try:
                         (hostnames, port) = self._expand_hostpattern(h)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/host_list.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/host_list.py
index a690149ce9..f89c9011e8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/host_list.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/host_list.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         try:
             for h in host_list.split(','):
+                h = h.strip()
                 if h:
                     try:
                         (host, port) = parse_address(h, allow_ranges=False)