diff --git a/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php b/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
index dd6cda3ab92..9179390612c 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/backup_stepslib.php
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ class backup_users_structure_step extends backup_structure_step {
             'yahoo', 'aim', 'msn', 'phone1',
             'phone2', 'institution', 'department', 'address',
             'city', 'country', 'lastip', 'picture',
-            'url', 'description', 'description_format', 'imagealt', 'auth');
+            'url', 'description', 'descriptionformat', 'imagealt', 'auth');
 
         // Add anonymized fields to $userfields with custom final element
         foreach ($anonfields as $field) {
diff --git a/backup/util/helper/backup_anonymizer_helper.class.php b/backup/util/helper/backup_anonymizer_helper.class.php
index 9c91ae46078..df400610d3b 100644
--- a/backup/util/helper/backup_anonymizer_helper.class.php
+++ b/backup/util/helper/backup_anonymizer_helper.class.php
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ class backup_anonymizer_helper {
         return ''; // No user description
     }
 
+    public static function process_user_descriptionformat($value) {
+        return 0; // Format moodle
+    }
+
     public static function process_user_imagealt($value) {
         return ''; // No user imagealt
     }