diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
index 366af56b4..0b37f3652 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ def pick(x):
 
             raise InvalidPrivsError('unable to parse the MySQL grant string: %s' % grant[0])
 
-        privileges = [x.strip() for x in res.group(1).split(",")]
-        privileges = [pick(x) for x in privileges]
+        privileges = res.group(1).split(",")
+        privileges = [pick(x.strip()) for x in privileges]
 
         # Handle cases when there's privs like GRANT SELECT (colA, ...) in privs.
         # To this point, the privileges list can look like
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.15.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.15.txt
index 5565108eb..da0354c97 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.15.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.15.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ plugins/modules/mysql_info.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/mysql_query.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements
 plugins/modules/mysql_user.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter
 plugins/modules/mysql_variables.py validate-modules:doc-required-mismatch
+plugins/module_utils/mysql.py pylint:unused-import
 plugins/module_utils/version.py pylint:unused-import