diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
index 7bac2e1e4f3e..4331d490c28d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ private void initCleanerChain(String confKey) {
     this.cleanersChain = new LinkedList<>();
     String[] logCleaners = conf.getStrings(confKey);
     if (logCleaners != null) {
-      for (String className : logCleaners) {
+      for (String className: logCleaners) {
+        className = className.trim();
+        if (className.isEmpty()) {
+          continue;
+        }
         T logCleaner = newFileCleaner(className, conf);
         if (logCleaner != null) {
           LOG.info("Initialize cleaner={}", className);