diff --git a/ecrire/public/balises.php b/ecrire/public/balises.php
index 9e0834ed4177073a54b343734464c43b15b27c22..bb984f487659a0742bdde8e35ae06634a2de1505 100644
--- a/ecrire/public/balises.php
+++ b/ecrire/public/balises.php
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ function balise_SLOGAN_SITE_SPIP_dist($p) {
 // le site public, et '' si le code doit etre strictement compatible HTML4
 // http://doc.spip.org/@balise_HTML5_dist
 function balise_HTML5_dist($p) {
-	$p->code = "(html5_permis() ? ' ' : '')";
+	$p->code = html5_permis() ? "' '" : "''";
 	$p->interdire_scripts = false;
 	return $p;
 }
@@ -1385,4 +1385,4 @@ function balise_SAUTER_dist($p){
 	return $p;
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>