diff --git a/cve-vulner-manager/cve-ddd/app/hotpatch.go b/cve-vulner-manager/cve-ddd/app/hotpatch.go
index 3791f8ff0da4fe96bda3d9bdd9c61b4f5c315671..d3dd3d6447468374d1c9ae946f2a88455ff83902 100644
--- a/cve-vulner-manager/cve-ddd/app/hotpatch.go
+++ b/cve-vulner-manager/cve-ddd/app/hotpatch.go
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ func (h *hotPatchService) generateBulletinId() (int, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
-	thisYear := util.Year()
-
+	maxID = strings.TrimSpace(maxID)
 	if maxID == "" {
 		return 1000, nil
 	}
 
+	thisYear := util.Year()
 	split := strings.Split(strings.Trim(maxID, ".xml"), "-")
 	if split[3] != strconv.Itoa(thisYear) {
 		return 1000, nil