Index: modules/imceimage/imceimage.module
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--- modules/imceimage/imceimage.module  (revision 29)
+++ modules/imceimage/imceimage.module  (working copy)
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
   $element['imceimage_alt'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#id' => "imceimagealt-$delta-$field_id",
-    '#default_value' => isset($element['#value']['imceimage_alt']) ? check_plain($element['#value']['imceimage_alt']) : NULL,
+    '#default_value' => isset($element['#value']['imceimage_alt']) ? $element['#value']['imceimage_alt'] : NULL,
     '#autocomplete_path' => $element['#autocomplete_path'],
     '#rows' => 1,
     '#attributes' => array('class' => 'text'),