diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index b22830cfff..1fffd7ff42 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ if (m_shape != null) {
 
                     List<string> bodyNames = new List<string>();
                     string RawParams = Description;
-                    string[] jointParams = RawParams.Split(' ');
+                    string[] jointParams = RawParams.Split(" ".ToCharArray(), System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                     string trackedBodyName = null;
                     if (jointParams.Length >= 2)
                     {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
index f735f6001f..e45bcda3c9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
                                             foreach (PhysicsJoint joint in pendingJoints)
                                             {
                                                 //DoJointErrorMessage(joint, "taint: time to create joint with parms: " + joint.RawParams);
-                                                string[] jointParams = joint.RawParams.Split(' ');
+                                                string[] jointParams = joint.RawParams.Split(" ".ToCharArray(), System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                                                 List<IntPtr> jointBodies = new List<IntPtr>();
                                                 bool allJointBodiesAreReady = true;
                                                 foreach (string jointParam in jointParams)