diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index 132c36befc0..75d053baaf6 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2003-10-14 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	* DebugTextHover.java: check if the result of 'evaluateExpression' is not null before trim it.
+ 
 2003-10-06 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Mark the function arguments in the Variables View.
 	* icons\full\ovr16\argument_ovr.gif: new
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/editors/DebugTextHover.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/editors/DebugTextHover.java
index db350f7db30..87ea488f416 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/editors/DebugTextHover.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/editors/DebugTextHover.java
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ public class DebugTextHover implements ITextHover
 					ICExpressionEvaluator ee = (ICExpressionEvaluator)target.getAdapter( ICExpressionEvaluator.class );
 					if ( ee.canEvaluate() )
 					{
-						String result = evaluateExpression( ee, expression ).trim();
+						String result = evaluateExpression( ee, expression );
 						try
 						{
 							if ( result != null )
-								appendVariable( buffer, expression, result, showDebugTarget ? target.getName() : null );
+								appendVariable( buffer, expression, result.trim(), showDebugTarget ? target.getName() : null );
 						}
 						catch( DebugException x )
 						{