diff --git a/libraries/import/ods.php b/libraries/import/ods.php
index f0a57fcf7..dcc6a5153 100644
--- a/libraries/import/ods.php
+++ b/libraries/import/ods.php
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
     exit;
 }
 
+/**
+ * We need way to disable external XML entities processing.
+ */
+if (!function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
+    return;
+}
+
 /**
  * The possible scopes for $plugin_param are: 'table', 'database', and 'server'
  */
@@ -64,9 +71,7 @@ unset($data);
 /**
  * Disable loading of external XML entities.
  */
-if (function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
-    libxml_disable_entity_loader();
-}
+libxml_disable_entity_loader();
 
 /**
  * Load the XML string
diff --git a/libraries/import/xml.php b/libraries/import/xml.php
index f966a3f2c..9298225dd 100644
--- a/libraries/import/xml.php
+++ b/libraries/import/xml.php
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
     exit;
 }
 
+/**
+ * We need way to disable external XML entities processing.
+ */
+if (!function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
+    return;
+}
+
 /**
  * The possible scopes for $plugin_param are: 'table', 'database', and 'server'
  */
@@ -59,9 +66,7 @@ unset($data);
 /**
  * Disable loading of external XML entities.
  */
-if (function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
-    libxml_disable_entity_loader();
-}
+libxml_disable_entity_loader();
 
 /**
  * Load the XML string