1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pp.c b/pp.c
index df8f048b2e..9565c6c473 100644
--- a/pp.c
+++ b/pp.c
@@ -3439,6 +3439,7 @@ PP(pp_sprintf)
     dVAR; dSP; dMARK; dORIGMARK; dTARGET;
     if (SvTAINTED(MARK[1]))
 	TAINT_PROPER("sprintf");
+    SvTAINTED_off(TARG);
     do_sprintf(TARG, SP-MARK, MARK+1);
     TAINT_IF(SvTAINTED(TARG));
     SP = ORIGMARK;