diff --git a/wp-includes/widgets.php b/wp-includes/widgets.php
index bc43866fbf..98f8cf664b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/widgets.php
@@ -1175,8 +1175,8 @@ function the_widget($widget, $instance = array(), $args = array()) {
if ( !is_a($widget_obj, 'WP_Widget') )
return;
- $before_widget = sprintf('
', $widget_obj->widget_options['classname']);
- $default_args = array('before_widget' => $before_widget, 'after_widget' => "
", 'before_title' => '');
+ $before_widget = sprintf('', $widget_obj->widget_options['classname'] );
+ $default_args = array( 'before_widget' => $before_widget, 'after_widget' => "
", 'before_title' => '' );
$args = wp_parse_args($args, $default_args);
$instance = wp_parse_args($instance);