diff --git a/cloud/amazon/route53.py b/cloud/amazon/route53.py
index 67700060d9f..d25be6b99ea 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/route53.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/route53.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def main():
 
     if type(value_in) is str:
         if value_in:
-            value_list = sorted(value_in.split(','))
+            value_list = sorted([s.strip() for s in value_in.split(',')])
     elif type(value_in)  is list:
         value_list = sorted(value_in)