diff --git a/CurlHttpClient.php b/CurlHttpClient.php
index e865fe8..719eb93 100644
--- a/CurlHttpClient.php
+++ b/CurlHttpClient.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ private function curlParseHeaders($message_headers)
     {
         $header_lines = preg_split("/\r\n|\n|\r/", $message_headers);
         $headers = array();
-        list(, $headers['http_status_code'], $headers['http_status_message']) = explode(' ', trim(array_shift($header_lines)), 3);
+        list(, $headers['http_status_code'], $headers['http_status_message']) = explode(' ', array_shift($header_lines), 3);
         foreach ($header_lines as $header_line) {
             list($name, $value) = explode(':', $header_line, 2);
             $name = strtolower($name);