diff --git a/phpBB/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php b/phpBB/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php
index c078265971..45811c5d26 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/captcha/plugins/phpbb_captcha_qa_plugin.php
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class phpbb_captcha_qa
 			'question_text'	=> request_var('question_text', '', true),
 			'strict'		=> request_var('strict', false),
 			'lang_iso'		=> request_var('lang_iso', ''),
-			'answers'		=> (strlen($answers)) ? explode("\n", request_var('answers', '', true)) : '',
+			'answers'		=> (strlen($answers)) ? explode("\n", $answers) : '',
 		);
 
 		return $question;