diff --git a/modules/node/views_plugin_row_node_rss.inc b/modules/node/views_plugin_row_node_rss.inc
index 6671892..1e1a803 100644
--- a/modules/node/views_plugin_row_node_rss.inc
+++ b/modules/node/views_plugin_row_node_rss.inc
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class views_plugin_row_node_rss extends views_plugin_row {
 
     $item = new stdClass();
     $item->description = $item_text;
-    $item->title = $node->title;
+    $item->title = check_plain($node->title);
     $item->link = $node->link;
     $item->elements = $node->rss_elements;
     $item->nid = $node->nid;
diff --git a/theme/theme.inc b/theme/theme.inc
index e7f7a15..3c4a409 100644
--- a/theme/theme.inc
+++ b/theme/theme.inc
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_row_rss(&$vars) {
   $options  = &$vars['options'];
   $item     = &$vars['row'];
 
-  $vars['title'] = check_plain($item->title);
+  $vars['title'] = $item->title;
   $vars['link'] = check_url($item->link);
   $vars['description'] = check_plain($item->description);
   $vars['item_elements'] = empty($item->elements) ? '' : format_xml_elements($item->elements);