diff --git a/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py b/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
index a24e275a6..b4170b6e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
+++ b/src/plugins/lib/libodfbackend.py
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ class OdfBackend(DocBackend):
                                 self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
                     '</text:span>')
         elif ( tagtype == DocBackend.FONTSIZE ):
-            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontSize__%s__\">' % 
-                                self.ESCAPE_FUNC()(value), 
+            return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontSize__%d__\">' % value, 
                     '</text:span>')
         else: #elif ( tagtype == DocBackend.HIGHLIGHT ):
             return ('<text:span text:style-name=\"FontHighlight__%s__\">' %