diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 9386be5e52..0f6fc558dd 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -4212,7 +4212,7 @@ function wp_encode_emoji( $content ) {
 					 */
 					$unpacked = unpack( 'H*', mb_convert_encoding( $emoji, 'UTF-32', 'UTF-8' ) );
 					if ( isset( $unpacked[1] ) ) {
-						$entity = '&#x' . trim( $unpacked[1], '0' ) . ';';
+						$entity = '&#x' . ltrim( $unpacked[1], '0' ) . ';';
 						$content = str_replace( $emoji, $entity, $content );
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 5d1f33e242..18ad39d777 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.2-beta3-31925';
+$wp_version = '4.2-beta3-31926';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.