diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
index fdf9b50f..0d92ae27 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
             $results = $var;
         }
         $results = preg_replace("![\r\t\n]!", " ", $results);
-        $results = htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars($results));
+        $results = htmlspecialchars($results);
         return $results;
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php b/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
index fdf9b50f..0d92ae27 100644
--- a/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
+++ b/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
             $results = $var;
         }
         $results = preg_replace("![\r\t\n]!", " ", $results);
-        $results = htmlspecialchars(htmlspecialchars($results));
+        $results = htmlspecialchars($results);
         return $results;
     }
 }