diff --git a/src/DIRAC/Resources/Computing/BatchSystems/SLURM.py b/src/DIRAC/Resources/Computing/BatchSystems/SLURM.py
index b66ce035069..7016f2f63ae 100644
--- a/src/DIRAC/Resources/Computing/BatchSystems/SLURM.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/Resources/Computing/BatchSystems/SLURM.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def getCEStatus(self, **kwargs):
 
         waitingJobs = 0
         runningJobs = 0
-        lines = output.split("\n")
+        lines = output.strip().split("\n")
         for line in lines[1:]:
             _jid, status = line.split()
             if status in ["PENDING", "SUSPENDED", "CONFIGURING"]: