diff --git a/core/Common.php b/core/Common.php
index bf18343bd366408aa4f809a045618b4a35017bb9..5c1391bfdb65414abf1f8949e58c1e65a39f91b7 100644
--- a/core/Common.php
+++ b/core/Common.php
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class Common
         if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4', '<') &&
             get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
 
-            return stripslashes($value);
+            $value = stripslashes($value);
         }
 
         return $value;