diff --git a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_warn.php b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_warn.php
index 65cf641418..bb21d3d377 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_warn.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_warn.php
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ class mcp_warn
 
 		// We want to make the message available here as a reminder
 		// Parse the message and subject
-		$message = generate_text_for_display($user_row['post_text'], $user_row['bbcode_uid'], $user_row['bbcode_bitfield'], ($user_row['bbcode_bitfield'] ? OPTION_FLAG_BBCODE : 0) | OPTION_FLAG_SMILIES, true);
+		$parse_flags = OPTION_FLAG_SMILIES | ($row['bbcode_bitfield'] ? OPTION_FLAG_BBCODE : 0);
+		$message = generate_text_for_display($user_row['post_text'], $user_row['bbcode_uid'], $user_row['bbcode_bitfield'], $parse_flags, true);
 
 		// Generate the appropriate user information for the user we are looking at
 		if (!function_exists('phpbb_get_user_avatar'))