diff --git a/app/sip_profiles/sip_profile_edit.php b/app/sip_profiles/sip_profile_edit.php
index a25eb85baa..7bc7c700e4 100644
--- a/app/sip_profiles/sip_profile_edit.php
+++ b/app/sip_profiles/sip_profile_edit.php
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 	echo "	".$text['label-sip_profile_description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' align='left'>\n";
-	echo "  <textarea class='formfld' type='text' name='sip_profile_description'>".escape($sip_profile_description)."</textarea>\n";
+	echo "  <textarea class='formfld' type='text' name='sip_profile_description'>".$sip_profile_description."</textarea>\n";
 	echo "<br />\n";
 	echo $text['description-sip_profile_description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
@@ -485,4 +485,4 @@
 //include the footer
 	require_once "resources/footer.php";
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>