diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 818783eba4888a..8916950694a1e3 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3412,7 +3412,7 @@ sub git_project_list_body {
 		      "<td>" . $cgi->a({-href => href(project=>$pr->{'path'}, action=>"summary"),
 		                        -class => "list", -title => $pr->{'descr_long'}},
 		                        esc_html($pr->{'descr'})) . "</td>\n" .
-		      "<td><i>" . esc_html(chop_str($pr->{'owner'}, 15)) . "</i></td>\n";
+		      "<td><i>" . chop_and_escape_str($pr->{'owner'}, 15) . "</i></td>\n";
 		print "<td class=\"". age_class($pr->{'age'}) . "\">" .
 		      (defined $pr->{'age_string'} ? $pr->{'age_string'} : "No commits") . "</td>\n" .
 		      "<td class=\"link\">" .
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ sub git_search_grep_body {
 		      "<td><i>" . $author . "</i></td>\n" .
 		      "<td>" .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"commit", hash=>$co{'id'}), -class => "list subject"},
-			       esc_html(chop_str($co{'title'}, 50)) . "<br/>");
+			       chop_and_escape_str($co{'title'}, 50) . "<br/>");
 		my $comment = $co{'comment'};
 		foreach my $line (@$comment) {
 			if ($line =~ m/^(.*)($search_regexp)(.*)$/i) {
@@ -5183,7 +5183,7 @@ sub git_search {
 					      "<td>" .
 					      $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"commit", hash=>$co{'id'}),
 					              -class => "list subject"},
-					              esc_html(chop_str($co{'title'}, 50)) . "<br/>");
+					              chop_and_escape_str($co{'title'}, 50) . "<br/>");
 					while (my $setref = shift @files) {
 						my %set = %$setref;
 						print $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"blob", hash_base=>$co{'id'},