diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.item.php b/modules/comment/comment.item.php
index 878f03141..1b704803c 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.item.php
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.item.php
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ class commentItem extends BaseObject
 			$content = $this->get('content');
 		}
 		
-		$content = trim(utf8_normalize_spaces(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($content))));
 		if($strlen)
 		{
+			$content = trim(utf8_normalize_spaces(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($content))));
 			$content = cut_str($content, $strlen, '...');
 		}
 		return escape($content);
diff --git a/modules/document/document.item.php b/modules/document/document.item.php
index 9aa1bb238..853fb8afa 100644
--- a/modules/document/document.item.php
+++ b/modules/document/document.item.php
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ class documentItem extends BaseObject
 		$content = $this->get('content');
 		$content = preg_replace_callback('/<(object|param|embed)[^>]*/is', array($this, '_checkAllowScriptAccess'), $content);
 		$content = preg_replace_callback('/<object[^>]*>/is', array($this, '_addAllowScriptAccess'), $content);
-		$content = trim(utf8_normalize_spaces(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($content))));
 		if($strlen)
 		{
+			$content = trim(utf8_normalize_spaces(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($content))));
 			$content = cut_str($content, $strlen, '...');
 		}