diff --git a/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb b/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
index ed97a13d2af..3b566a27ea0 100644
--- a/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 class CensoredWordsValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
-    if !SiteSetting.censored_words.blank? &&
-      !(censored_words = value.scan(censored_words_regexp)).empty?
-
+    if SiteSetting.censored_words.present? && (censored_words = censor_words(value, censored_words_regexp)).present?
       record.errors.add(
         attribute, :contains_censored_words,
         censored_words: join_censored_words(censored_words)
       )
-    elsif !SiteSetting.censored_pattern.blank? &&
-      !(censored_words = value.scan(/#{SiteSetting.censored_pattern}/i)).empty?
-
+    elsif SiteSetting.censored_pattern.present? && (censored_words = censor_words(value, /#{SiteSetting.censored_pattern}/i)).present?
       record.errors.add(
         attribute, :matches_censored_pattern,
         censored_words: join_censored_words(censored_words)
@@ -19,6 +15,16 @@ class CensoredWordsValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
 
   private
 
+    def censor_words(value, regexp)
+      censored_words = value.scan(regexp)
+      censored_words.flatten!
+      censored_words.compact!
+      censored_words.map!(&:strip)
+      censored_words.select!(&:present?)
+      censored_words.uniq!
+      censored_words
+    end
+
     def join_censored_words(censored_words)
       censored_words.map!(&:downcase)
       censored_words.uniq!