diff --git a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
index 32a8131040..dd46f94d34 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/bbcode.php
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ function smilies_pass($message)
 	for($i = 0; $i < count($smilies); $i++)
 	{
 		$orig[] = "/(?<=.\\W|\\W.|^\\W)" . phpbb_preg_quote($smilies[$i]['code'], "/") . "(?=.\\W|\\W.|\\W$)/";
-		$repl[] = '<img src="'. $board_config['smilies_path'] . '/' . $smilies[$i]['smile_url'] . '" alt="' . $smilies[$i]['smile_url'] . '" border="0">';
+		$repl[] = '<img src="'. $board_config['smilies_path'] . '/' . $smilies[$i]['smile_url'] . '" alt="' . $smilies[$i]['smile_url'] . '" border="0" />';
 	}
 
 	if( $i > 0 )