diff --git a/wp-includes/theme.php b/wp-includes/theme.php
index a8e8767a79..6cef26f8b6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-includes/theme.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function get_theme_data( $theme_file ) {
 		$author_uti = '';
 
 	if ( preg_match( '|Template:(.*)$|mi', $theme_data, $template ) )
-		$template = wp_kses( trim( $template[1], $themes_allowed_tags ) );
+		$template = wp_kses( trim( $template[1] ), $themes_allowed_tags );
 	else
 		$template = '';