diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
index 93c5526dae..3435b3381d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_SSH2 extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	}
 
 	function put_contents($file, $contents, $mode = false ) {
-		$file = ltrim($file, '/');
-		$ret = file_put_contents('ssh2.sftp://' . $this->sftp_link . '/' . $file, $contents);
+		$ret = file_put_contents( 'ssh2.sftp://' . $this->sftp_link . '/' . ltrim( $file, '/' ), $contents );
 
 		if ( $ret !== strlen( $contents ) )
 			return false;