diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/email.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/email.php
index 06e6210d8..1812a33ba 100755
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/email.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/email.php
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ class EmailComponent extends Object{
 	function _formatAddress($string, $smtp = false) {
 		$hasAlias = preg_match('/((.*)\s)?<(.+)>/', $string, $matches);
 		if ($smtp && $hasAlias) {
-			return $this->_strip(' <' .  $matches[3] . '>');
+			return $this->_strip('<' .  $matches[3] . '>');
 		} elseif ($smtp) {
-			return $this->_strip(' <' . $string . '>');
+			return $this->_strip('<' . $string . '>');
 		}
 		if ($hasAlias && !empty($matches[2])) {
 			return $this->_strip($matches[2] . ' <' . $matches[3] . '>');
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/email.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/email.test.php
index 1d43deb3b..8d7f588e6 100755
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/email.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/email.test.php
@@ -1191,12 +1191,12 @@ HTMLBLOC;
 		$this->assertEqual($result, '<email@example.com>');
 
 		$result = $this->Controller->EmailTest->formatAddress('email@example.com', true);
-		$this->assertEqual($result, ' <email@example.com>');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, '<email@example.com>');
 		
 		$result = $this->Controller->EmailTest->formatAddress('<email@example.com>', true);
-		$this->assertEqual($result, ' <email@example.com>');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, '<email@example.com>');
 		
 		$result = $this->Controller->EmailTest->formatAddress('alias name <email@example.com>', true);
-		$this->assertEqual($result, ' <email@example.com>');
+		$this->assertEqual($result, '<email@example.com>');
 	}
 }