diff --git a/src/LabelTrack.cpp b/src/LabelTrack.cpp
index 96e6a9b1e..27c5a0ed0 100644
--- a/src/LabelTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/LabelTrack.cpp
@@ -2327,7 +2327,8 @@ bool LabelTrack::HandleXMLTag(const wxChar *tag, const wxChar **attrs)
             break;
 
          const wxString strValue = value;
-         if (!XMLValueChecker::IsGoodString(strValue))
+         // Bug 1905 was about long label strings.
+         if (!XMLValueChecker::IsGoodLongString(strValue))
          {
             return false;
          }
diff --git a/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.cpp b/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.cpp
index 9321b8b2f..29d0de5f6 100644
--- a/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "../SampleFormat.h"
 #include "../Track.h"
 
+// Length check.  Is in part about not supplying malicious strings to file functions.
 bool XMLValueChecker::IsGoodString(const wxString & str)
 {
    size_t len = str.Length();
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ bool XMLValueChecker::IsGoodString(const wxString & str)
       return false; // good place for a breakpoint
 }
 
+// No length check, as e.g. labels could be very long.
+bool XMLValueChecker::IsGoodLongString(const wxString & str)
+{
+   return str.Find('\0', false) == -1; // No null characters except terminator.
+}
+
+
 // "Good" means the name is well-formed and names an existing file or folder.
 bool XMLValueChecker::IsGoodFileName(const wxString & strFileName, const wxString & strDirName /* = "" */)
 {
diff --git a/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.h b/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.h
index 6b3c1724e..9767eb27f 100644
--- a/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.h
+++ b/src/xml/XMLTagHandler.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public:
    // These are used in HandleXMLTag and BuildFomXML methods to check the input for
    // security vulnerabilites, per the NGS report for UmixIt.
    static bool IsGoodString(const wxString & str);
+   // Labels are allowed to be very long.  At some future date we will format long labels nicely.
+   static bool IsGoodLongString(const wxString & str);
 
    static bool IsGoodFileName(const wxString & strFileName, const wxString & strDirName = wxEmptyString);
    static bool IsGoodFileString(const wxString &str);