diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 57c7265ea..a4b65e955 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ TemplateSimplifier::TokenAndName::~TokenAndName()
 }
 
 std::string TemplateSimplifier::TokenAndName::dump(const std::vector<std::string>& fileNames) const {
-    std::string ret = "    <TokenAndName name=\"" + mName + "\" file=\"" + ErrorLogger::toxml(fileNames.at(mToken->fileIndex())) + "\" line=\"" + std::to_string(mToken->linenr()) + "\">\n";
+    std::string ret = "    <TokenAndName name=\"" + ErrorLogger::toxml(mName) + "\" file=\"" + ErrorLogger::toxml(fileNames.at(mToken->fileIndex())) + "\" line=\"" + std::to_string(mToken->linenr()) + "\">\n";
     for (const Token* tok = mToken; tok && !Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]"); tok = tok->next())
         ret += "      <template-token str=\"" + ErrorLogger::toxml(tok->str()) + "\"/>\n";
     return ret + "    </TokenAndName>\n";