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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 73fe1ad0a..70f284149 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1092,9 +1092,12 @@ def month_by_name(name):
return None
-def fix_xml_all_ampersand(xml_str):
+def fix_xml_ampersands(xml_str):
"""Replace all the '&' by '&' in XML"""
- return xml_str.replace(u'&', u'&')
+ return re.sub(
+ r'&(?!amp;|lt;|gt;|apos;|quot;|#x[0-9a-fA-F]{,4};|#[0-9]{,4};)',
+ u'&',
+ xml_str)
def setproctitle(title):