diff --git a/wp-app.php b/wp-app.php
index 911d5aa3fe..1eb0418ca4 100644
--- a/wp-app.php
+++ b/wp-app.php
@@ -828,8 +828,12 @@ list($content_type, $content) = $this->prep_content(get_the_content()); ?>
 		xml_parser_free($parser);
 
 		if (!$code) {
-			$data = "<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>$data</div>";
-			return array('xhtml', $data);
+		        if (strpos($data, '<') === false) {
+			        return array('text', $data);
+                        } else {
+			        $data = "<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>$data</div>";
+			        return array('xhtml', $data);
+                        }
 		}
 
 		if (strpos($data, ']]>') == false) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/atomlib.php b/wp-includes/atomlib.php
index 352e04e52a..020f0bfcba 100644
--- a/wp-includes/atomlib.php
+++ b/wp-includes/atomlib.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class AtomParser {
                     if(count($c) == 3) {
                         array_push($newcontent, $c[2]);
                     } else {
-                        if($this->is_xhtml) {
+                        if($this->is_xhtml || $this->is_text) {
                             array_push($newcontent, $this->xml_escape($c));
                         } else {
                             array_push($newcontent, $c);