diff --git a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
index 6271639cd1..14caa57c89 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/ucp/ucp_pm_compose.php
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ function compose_pm($id, $mode, $action)
 		$forward_text[] = sprintf($user->lang['FWD_FROM'], $quote_username_text);
 		$forward_text[] = sprintf($user->lang['FWD_TO'], implode(', ', $fwd_to_field['to']));
 
-		$message_parser->message = implode("\n", $forward_text) . "\n\n[quote=\"{$quote_username}\"]\n" . censor_text(trim($message_parser->message)) . "\n[/quote]";
+		$message_parser->message = implode("\n", $forward_text) . "\n\n[quote="{$quote_username}"]\n" . censor_text(trim($message_parser->message)) . "\n[/quote]";
 		$message_subject = ((!preg_match('/^Fwd:/', $message_subject)) ? 'Fwd: ' : '') . censor_text($message_subject);
 	}