diff --git a/dist/post_run/index.js b/dist/post_run/index.js
index f97447b542..585a64f14a 100644
--- a/dist/post_run/index.js
+++ b/dist/post_run/index.js
@@ -6811,14 +6811,12 @@ function runLint(lintPath, patchPath) {
         }
         const userArgs = core.getInput(`args`);
         const addedArgs = [];
-        const userArgNames = new Set();
-        userArgs
-            .split(/\s/)
+        const userArgNames = new Set(userArgs
+            .trim()
+            .split(/\s+/)
             .map((arg) => arg.split(`=`)[0])
             .filter((arg) => arg.startsWith(`-`))
-            .forEach((arg) => {
-            userArgNames.add(arg.replace(`-`, ``));
-        });
+            .map((arg) => arg.replace(/^-+/, ``)));
         if (userArgNames.has(`out-format`)) {
             throw new Error(`please, don't change out-format for golangci-lint: it can be broken in a future`);
         }
diff --git a/dist/run/index.js b/dist/run/index.js
index d455344ea7..29f29e542f 100644
--- a/dist/run/index.js
+++ b/dist/run/index.js
@@ -6821,14 +6821,12 @@ function runLint(lintPath, patchPath) {
         }
         const userArgs = core.getInput(`args`);
         const addedArgs = [];
-        const userArgNames = new Set();
-        userArgs
-            .split(/\s/)
+        const userArgNames = new Set(userArgs
+            .trim()
+            .split(/\s+/)
             .map((arg) => arg.split(`=`)[0])
             .filter((arg) => arg.startsWith(`-`))
-            .forEach((arg) => {
-            userArgNames.add(arg.replace(`-`, ``));
-        });
+            .map((arg) => arg.replace(/^-+/, ``)));
         if (userArgNames.has(`out-format`)) {
             throw new Error(`please, don't change out-format for golangci-lint: it can be broken in a future`);
         }
diff --git a/src/run.ts b/src/run.ts
index 66c7dbe9e6..ffcd3e7f52 100644
--- a/src/run.ts
+++ b/src/run.ts
@@ -121,15 +121,14 @@ async function runLint(lintPath: string, patchPath: string): Promise<void> {
   const userArgs = core.getInput(`args`)
   const addedArgs: string[] = []
 
-  const userArgNames = new Set<string>()
-  userArgs
-    .split(/\s/)
-    .map((arg) => arg.split(`=`)[0])
-    .filter((arg) => arg.startsWith(`-`))
-    .forEach((arg) => {
-      userArgNames.add(arg.replace(`-`, ``))
-    })
-
+  const userArgNames = new Set<string>(
+    userArgs
+      .trim()
+      .split(/\s+/)
+      .map((arg) => arg.split(`=`)[0])
+      .filter((arg) => arg.startsWith(`-`))
+      .map((arg) => arg.replace(/^-+/, ``))
+  )
   if (userArgNames.has(`out-format`)) {
     throw new Error(`please, don't change out-format for golangci-lint: it can be broken in a future`)
   }