diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/wp/theme.js b/src/js/_enqueues/wp/theme.js
index 596b097f59..74a90cc609 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/wp/theme.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/wp/theme.js
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ themes.Collection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
 		// Start with a full collection
 		this.reset( themes.data.themes, { silent: true } );
 
+		// Trim the term
+		term = term.trim();
+
 		// Escape the term string for RegExp meta characters
 		term = term.replace( /[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&' );