diff --git a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/form.js b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/form.js
index 312d83605d..23cc0b1cb5 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/form.js
+++ b/modules/luci-base/htdocs/luci-static/resources/form.js
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ var CBIAbstractElement = baseclass.extend(/** @lends LuCI.form.AbstractElement.p
 		if (typeof(s) == 'string' && !s.match(/[<>]/))
 			return s;
 
-		var x = E('div', {}, s);
+		var x = dom.parse('<div>' + s + '</div>');
+
 		return x.textContent || x.innerText || '';
 	},