diff --git a/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.test.ts b/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.test.ts
index c9e8b431c0b1..d25da27c6b1d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.test.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ describe('trim names and description', () => {
         expect(result.current.name).toBe('my role');
     });
 
-    test('description is trimmed before being set', () => {
+    test('description is not trimmed before being set', () => {
         const { result } = renderHook(() => useRoleForm());
 
         act(() => {
             result.current.setDescription('  my description    ');
         });
 
-        expect(result.current.description).toBe('my description');
+        expect(result.current.description).toBe('  my description    ');
     });
 
     test('name that is just whitespace triggers an error', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.ts b/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.ts
index f16f3e11dce9..fc077fe76e8b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/component/admin/roles/RoleForm/useRoleForm.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export const useRoleForm = (
     const [name, setName] = useState(initialName);
     const setTrimmedName = (newName: string) => setName(newName.trim());
     const [description, setDescription] = useState(initialDescription);
-    const setTrimmedDescription = (newDescription: string) =>
-        setDescription(newDescription.trim());
     const [checkedPermissions, setCheckedPermissions] =
         useState<ICheckedPermissions>({});
     const [errors, setErrors] = useState<IRoleFormErrors>(DEFAULT_ERRORS);
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ export const useRoleForm = (
         setName: setTrimmedName,
         validateName,
         description,
-        setDescription: setTrimmedDescription,
+        setDescription,
         validateDescription,
         checkedPermissions,
         setCheckedPermissions,