diff --git a/phpBB/posting.php b/phpBB/posting.php
index 61df10b125..964b0f1f8b 100644
--- a/phpBB/posting.php
+++ b/phpBB/posting.php
@@ -1222,9 +1222,13 @@ if (!sizeof($error) && $preview)
 			'L_MAX_VOTES'		=> ($post_data['poll_max_options'] == 1) ? $user->lang['MAX_OPTION_SELECT'] : sprintf($user->lang['MAX_OPTIONS_SELECT'], $post_data['poll_max_options']))
 		);
 
-		$parse_poll->message = implode("\n", $post_data['poll_options']);
-		$parse_poll->format_display($post_data['enable_bbcode'], $post_data['enable_urls'], $post_data['enable_smilies']);
-		$preview_poll_options = explode('<br />', $parse_poll->message);
+		$preview_poll_options = array();
+		foreach ($post_data['poll_options'] as $poll_option)
+		{
+			$parse_poll->message = $poll_option;
+			$parse_poll->format_display($post_data['enable_bbcode'], $post_data['enable_urls'], $post_data['enable_smilies']);
+			$preview_poll_options[] = $parse_poll->message;
+		}
 		unset($parse_poll);
 
 		foreach ($preview_poll_options as $key => $option)