diff --git a/dracut-functions.sh b/dracut-functions.sh
index 9218779c..d71ff676 100755
--- a/dracut-functions.sh
+++ b/dracut-functions.sh
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ check_vol_slaves() {
         if [[ $_lv = $2 ]]; then
             _vg=$(lvm lvs --noheadings -o vg_name $i 2>/dev/null)
             # strip space
-            _vg=$(printf "%s\n" "$_vg")
+            _vg="${_vg//[[:space:]]/}"
             if [[ $_vg ]]; then
                 for _pv in $(lvm vgs --noheadings -o pv_name "$_vg" 2>/dev/null)
                 do