diff --git a/src/misc_xml.c b/src/misc_xml.c
index 98075a6706..b95a802941 100644
--- a/src/misc_xml.c
+++ b/src/misc_xml.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ xml_new_node(xml_node *parent, const char *name, const char *val)
   if (!doc)
     goto error;
 
-  node = xmlNewDocNode(doc, NULL, BAD_CAST name, BAD_CAST val);
+  node = xmlNewDocRawNode(doc, NULL, BAD_CAST name, BAD_CAST val);
   if (!node)
     return NULL;