diff --git a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
index 51fb7ef62ea..404bbc81ccc 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ function GETPOST($paramname, $check = 'alphanohtml', $method = 0, $filter = null
 
 	// Sanitizing for special parameters. There is no reason to allow the backtopage parameter to contains an external URL.
 	if ($paramname == 'backtopage') {
-		$out = preg_replace(array('/[\\\/][\\\/]+/', '/^[a-z]*:/'), '', $out);
+		$out = preg_replace(array('!(\\\|/)+!', '/^[a-z]*:/'), '', $out);
 	}
 
 	// Code for search criteria persistence.