diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 35ddd38ddc..ab7b4c176a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function wp_specialchars( $string, $quote_style = ENT_NOQUOTES, $charset = false
 		$string = preg_replace( '/&(#?x?[0-9]+|[a-z]+);/i', '|wp_entity|$1|/wp_entity|', $string );
 	}
 
-	$string = htmlspecialchars( $string, $quote_style, $charset );
+	$string = @htmlspecialchars( $string, $quote_style, $charset );
 
 	// Handle double encoding ourselves
 	if ( !$double_encode ) {