diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/src/utils.js b/toolkit/components/places/src/utils.js
index 627096dbc63..4e93ab9b4b2 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/src/utils.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/src/utils.js
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ var PlacesUtils = {
     var self = this;
     
     function addGenericProperties(aPlacesNode, aJSNode) {
-      aJSNode.title = unescape(encodeURIComponent(aPlacesNode.title));
+      aJSNode.title = aPlacesNode.title;
       var id = aPlacesNode.itemId;
       if (id != -1) {
         aJSNode.id = id;