diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index be7358fdebf..36cf4a216a4 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1513,10 +1513,10 @@ sub format_subject_html {
 		$long =~ s/[[:cntrl:]]/?/g;
 		return $cgi->a({-href => $href, -class => "list subject",
 		                -title => to_utf8($long)},
-		       esc_html($short) . $extra);
+		       esc_html($short)) . $extra;
 	} else {
 		return $cgi->a({-href => $href, -class => "list subject"},
-		       esc_html($long)  . $extra);
+		       esc_html($long)) . $extra;
 	}
 }