diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index a8576fc105709055519bf3970f5d614b6e8aaeae..374baa43dbe0a7c04cd859905ce3145a78ce66e6 100755
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -467,8 +467,11 @@ class OC_Util {
 	 * @return array with sanitized strings or a single sanitized string, depends on the input parameter.
 	 */
 	public static function sanitizeHTML( &$value ) {
-		if (is_array($value) || is_object($value)) array_walk_recursive($value, 'OC_Util::sanitizeHTML');
-		else $value = htmlentities($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); //Specify encoding for PHP<5.4
+		if (is_array($value) || is_object($value)) {
+			array_walk_recursive($value, 'OC_Util::sanitizeHTML');
+		} else {
+			$value = htmlentities($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); //Specify encoding for PHP<5.4
+		}
 		return $value;
 	}