diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Service/UserFileMountService.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Service/UserFileMountService.php
index 53bd90876618477a979e37e4bb31060a9fc954d1..46e5fe624a62a0303401006e931f360ab9036363 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Service/UserFileMountService.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Resource/Service/UserFileMountService.php
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class UserFileMountService {
 				$folderItems = $this->getSubfoldersForOptionList($rootLevelFolder);
 				foreach ($folderItems as $item) {
 					$PA['items'][] = array(
-						htmlspecialchars($item->getIdentifier()),
-						htmlspecialchars($item->getIdentifier())
+						$item->getIdentifier(),
+						$item->getIdentifier()
 					);
 				}
 			} else {