diff --git a/app/models/changeset.rb b/app/models/changeset.rb
index b4501b19e..db55c3e3b 100644
--- a/app/models/changeset.rb
+++ b/app/models/changeset.rb
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class Changeset < ActiveRecord::Base
   class << self
     # Strips and reencodes a commit log before insertion into the database
     def normalize_comments(str, encoding)
-      Changeset.to_utf8(str.to_s.strip, encoding)
+      Changeset.to_utf8(str.to_s, encoding).strip
     end

     def to_utf8(str, encoding)