diff --git a/spine-c/spine-c/src/spine/Atlas.c b/spine-c/spine-c/src/spine/Atlas.c
index b83838a94..ea8b596bb 100644
--- a/spine-c/spine-c/src/spine/Atlas.c
+++ b/spine-c/spine-c/src/spine/Atlas.c
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ typedef struct SimpleString {
 static SimpleString *ss_trim(SimpleString *self) {
 	while (isspace((unsigned char) *self->start) && self->start < self->end)
 		self->start++;
-	if (self->start == self->end) return self;
+	if (self->start == self->end) {
+		self->length = self->end - self->start;
+		return self;
+	}
 	self->end--;
 	while (((unsigned char) *self->end == '\r') && self->end >= self->start)
 		self->end--;
diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
index 6033ecb57..19a7cedf9 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ struct SimpleString {
 	SimpleString trim() {
 		while (isspace((unsigned char) *start) && start < end)
 			start++;
-		if (start == end) return *this;
+		if (start == end) {
+			length = end - start;
+			return *this;
+		}
 		end--;
 		while (((unsigned char) *end == '\r') && end >= start)
 			end--;