diff --git a/routers/web/repo/editor.go b/routers/web/repo/editor.go
index 1a7edb7bb40e..5904ba2f0b8b 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/editor.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/editor.go
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ func UploadFilePost(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 func cleanUploadFileName(name string) string {
 	// Rebase the filename
-	name = strings.Trim(path.Clean("/"+name), " /")
+	name = strings.Trim(path.Clean("/"+name), "/")
 	// Git disallows any filenames to have a .git directory in them.
 	for _, part := range strings.Split(name, "/") {
 		if strings.ToLower(part) == ".git" {
diff --git a/services/repository/files/file.go b/services/repository/files/file.go
index 7886119587ee..ddbced809e16 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/file.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/file.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func GetAuthorAndCommitterUsers(author, committer *IdentityOptions, doer *user_m
 // CleanUploadFileName Trims a filename and returns empty string if it is a .git directory
 func CleanUploadFileName(name string) string {
 	// Rebase the filename
-	name = strings.Trim(path.Clean("/"+name), " /")
+	name = strings.Trim(path.Clean("/"+name), "/")
 	// Git disallows any filenames to have a .git directory in them.
 	for _, part := range strings.Split(name, "/") {
 		if strings.ToLower(part) == ".git" {