diff --git a/poller.c b/poller.c
index f566f802..0b245b06 100644
--- a/poller.c
+++ b/poller.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ void poll_host(int host_id, int host_thread, int last_host_thread, int host_data
 								/* is valid output, continue */
 							} else {
 								/* remove double or single quotes from string */
-								snprintf(temp_result, RESULTS_BUFFER, "%s", snmp_oids[j].result);
+								snprintf(temp_result, RESULTS_BUFFER, "%s", strip_alpha(trim(snmp_oids[j].result)));
 								snprintf(snmp_oids[j].result , RESULTS_BUFFER, "%s", temp_result);
 
 								/* detect erroneous non-numeric result */