diff --git a/wp-admin/admin.php b/wp-admin/admin.php
index c228b1d293..e6a4b2336c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
 	require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php');
 
 	define('WP_IMPORTING', true);
+	kses_init_filters();  // Always filter imported data with kses.
 
 	call_user_func($wp_importers[$importer][2]);
 			
diff --git a/wp-includes/kses.php b/wp-includes/kses.php
index c0ba6e67aa..cb7908e310 100644
--- a/wp-includes/kses.php
+++ b/wp-includes/kses.php
@@ -513,15 +513,18 @@ function wp_filter_post_kses($data) {
 	return addslashes ( wp_kses(stripslashes( $data ), $allowedposttags) );
 }
 
+function kses_init_filters() {
+		add_filter('pre_comment_author', 'wp_filter_kses');
+		add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses');
+		add_filter('content_save_pre', 'wp_filter_post_kses');
+}
+
 function kses_init() {
 	global $current_user;
 
 	get_currentuserinfo(); // set $current_user
-	if (current_user_can('unfiltered_html') == false) {
-		add_filter('pre_comment_author', 'wp_filter_kses');
-		add_filter('pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses');
-		add_filter('content_save_pre', 'wp_filter_post_kses');
-	}
+	if (current_user_can('unfiltered_html') == false)
+		kses_init_filters();
 }
 add_action('init', 'kses_init');
 ?>