diff --git a/provider/modbus.go b/provider/modbus.go
index 9ec5c32604..8fbd936a37 100644
--- a/provider/modbus.go
+++ b/provider/modbus.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (m *Modbus) StringGetter() (func() (string, error), error) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 
-		return strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes.TrimLeft(b, "\x00"))), nil
+		return strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes.Trim(b, "\x00"))), nil
 	}, nil
 }