diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 41fd3b92de..0f5cc74aba 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function wpautop($pee, $br = 1) {
$pee = str_replace('
!', "$1", $pee);
- $pee = preg_replace('!
(\s*?(?:p|li|div|dl|dd|dt|th|pre|td|ul|ol)>)!', '$1', $pee);
+ $pee = preg_replace('!
(\s*?(?:p|li|div|dl|dd|dt|th|pre|td|ul|ol)[^>]*>)!', '$1', $pee);
$pee = preg_replace('!(