diff --git a/resources/paging.php b/resources/paging.php
index 55d7124f98..8297f83388 100644
--- a/resources/paging.php
+++ b/resources/paging.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function paging($num_rows, $param, $rows_per_page, $mini = false, $result_count
 	//sanitize the parameters
 	$sanitized_parameters = '';
 	if (isset($param) && !empty($param)) {
+		$param = trim($param, '&');
 		$param_array = explode("&", $param);
 		if (is_array($param_array)) {
 			foreach ($param_array as $row) {