diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
index eaf5b4d..359cded 100644
*** a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
--- b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
*************** xml_xmlnodetoxmltype(xmlNodePtr cur)
*** 3278,3284 ****
  		str = xmlXPathCastNodeToString(cur);
  		PG_TRY();
  		{
! 			result = (xmltype *) cstring_to_text((char *) str);
  		}
  		PG_CATCH();
  		{
--- 3278,3284 ----
  		str = xmlXPathCastNodeToString(cur);
  		PG_TRY();
  		{
! 			result = (xmltype *) cstring_to_text(escape_xml((char *) str));
  		}
  		PG_CATCH();
  		{