diff --git a/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php b/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
index a4dc56f0fa5d27c510ec2c7f85cc07d27d435616..377003cf19ada5ed4c879b402082526f6a3da99f 100644
--- a/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class dokuwiki_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_IntrospectionServer {
      * Return a list of backlinks
      */
     function listBackLinks($id){
-        return ft_backlinks($id);
+        return ft_backlinks(cleanID($id));
     }
 
     /**