diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/Controller/MenuController.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/Controller/MenuController.php
index 984bcc1b4ee28..2004a2f8690c5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/Controller/MenuController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/Controller/MenuController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 defined('_JEXEC') or die;
 
+use Joomla\CMS\Filter\InputFilter;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Controller\FormController;
 use Joomla\CMS\Router\Route;
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ public function save($key = null, $urlVar = null)
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		$data['menutype'] = InputFilter::getInstance()->clean($data['menutype'], 'TRIM');
+
 		// Populate the row id from the session.
 		$data['id'] = $recordId;