diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
index 5b9b9fbcd0..4557a2b13b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/myspass.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         # get metadata
         metadata_url = META_DATA_URL_TEMPLATE % video_id
-        metadata = self._download_xml(metadata_url, video_id)
+        metadata = self._download_xml(
+            metadata_url, video_id, transform_source=lambda s: s.strip())
 
         # extract values from metadata
         url_flv_el = metadata.find('url_flv')