diff --git a/libntfs-3g/unistr.c b/libntfs-3g/unistr.c
index 55ce1e8f..0db6d536 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/unistr.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/unistr.c
@@ -1096,9 +1096,7 @@ BOOL ntfs_forbidden_chars(const ntfschar *name, int len)
 			| (1L << ('>' - 0x20))
 			| (1L << ('?' - 0x20));
 
-	forbidden = (len == 0)
-			|| (le16_to_cpu(name[0]) == ' ')
-			|| (le16_to_cpu(name[len-1]) == ' ');
+	forbidden = (len == 0) || (le16_to_cpu(name[len-1]) == ' ');
 	for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
 		ch = le16_to_cpu(name[i]);
 		if ((ch < 0x20)