diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 9a1228a374df0b33275a77f20b2c464ca478dede..6cacb25f383a277ce724becd92c66b4c395a1624 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -1467,11 +1467,12 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_prepare_view($entity_type, $entities, $field,
  *
  * @param $term
  *   A term object.
+ *
  * @return
  *   The term name to be used as the page title.
  */
 function taxonomy_term_title($term) {
-  return check_plain($term->name);
+  return $term->name;
 }
 
 /**