diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index 6d10a98..7d594d7 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -335,8 +335,24 @@
 	{
 		return '';
 	}
+
+	$temp = '__TEMP_AMPERSANDS__';
 	
-	return str_replace(array("'", '"'), array("&#39;", "&quot;"), htmlspecialchars($str));	
+	// Replace entities to temporary markers so that 
+	// htmlspecialchars won't mess them up
+	$str = preg_replace("/&#(\d+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
+	$str = preg_replace("/&(\w+);/",  "$temp\\1;", $str);
+
+	$str = htmlspecialchars($str);
+
+	// In case htmlspecialchars misses these.
+	$str = str_replace(array("'", '"'), array("&#39;", "&quot;"), $str);	
+	
+	// Decode the temp markers back to entities
+	$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\d+);/","&#\\1;",$str);
+	$str = preg_replace("/$temp(\w+);/","&\\1;",$str);	
+	
+	return $str;	
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------