diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index a4cae7066c..06d3901d14 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ class Action { // lawsuit
 	}
 	
 	function handle($argarray) {
-		$strip = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
-		$this->args = array();
-		foreach ($argarray as $k => $v) {
-			$this->args[$k] = ($strip) ? stripslashes($v) : $v;
-		}
+		$this->args =& common_copy_args($argarray);
 	}
 	
 	function boolean($key, $def=false) {
diff --git a/lib/openid.php b/lib/openid.php
index d044aa7624..9adf8e9f71 100644
--- a/lib/openid.php
+++ b/lib/openid.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function oid_get_user($openid_url) {
 function oid_check_immediate($openid_url, $backto=NULL) {
 	if (!$backto) {
 		$action = $_REQUEST['action'];
-		$args = clone($_GET);
+		$args = common_copy_args($_GET);
 		unset($args['action']);
 		$backto = common_local_url($action, $args);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index eb019ac7ee..a4c30cbe4e 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -887,3 +887,12 @@ function common_config($main, $sub) {
 	global $config;
 	return $config[$main][$sub];
 }
+
+function common_copy_args($from) {
+	$to = array();
+	$strip = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
+	foreach ($from as $k => $v) {
+		$to[$k] = ($strip) ? stripslashes($v) : $v;
+	}
+	return $to;
+}
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