diff --git a/wp-admin/install.php b/wp-admin/install.php
index 743a8328e6..1b6f7e7ae6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->comments (comment_post_ID, comment_author, comm
 $random_password = substr(md5(uniqid(microtime())), 0, 6);
 $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users (ID, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname, user_email, user_level, user_idmode, user_registered) VALUES ( '1', 'admin', MD5('$random_password'), '".addslashes(__('Administrator'))."', '$admin_email', '10', 'nickname', NOW() )");
 
-$from = 'From: '.$_POST['weblog_title'].' <wordpress@'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'>';
-$message_headers = "$from";
+$message_headers = 'From: ' . stripslashes($_POST['weblog_title']) . ' <wordpress@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . '>';
 $message = sprintf(__("Your new WordPress blog has been successfully set up at:
 
 %1\$s