diff --git a/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid b/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
index df0ce8c59529..8eecf7de5509 100755
--- a/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
+++ b/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ case "$daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable" in
 	    find $mount -xdev -type f \
 		    \( -perm -u+x -or -perm -g+x -or -perm -o+x \) \
 		    \( -perm -u+s -or -perm -g+s \) -print0
-	done | xargs -0 -n 20 ls -liTd | sort +10 > ${TMP}
+	done | xargs -0 -n 20 ls -liTd | sed 's/^ *//' | sort +10 > ${TMP}
 
 	if [ ! -f ${LOG}/setuid.today ]; then
 	    rc=1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ case "$daily_status_security_chksetuid_enable" in
 	then
 	    [ $rc -lt 1 ] && rc=1
 	    echo "${host} setuid diffs:"
-	    diff -w ${LOG}/setuid.today ${TMP}
+	    diff -b ${LOG}/setuid.today ${TMP}
 	    mv ${LOG}/setuid.today ${LOG}/setuid.yesterday || rc=3
 	    mv ${TMP} ${LOG}/setuid.today || rc=3
 	fi