diff --git a/apps/patchwork/bin/parsemail.py b/apps/patchwork/bin/parsemail.py
index 700cb6f..0a9daf5 100755
--- a/apps/patchwork/bin/parsemail.py
+++ b/apps/patchwork/bin/parsemail.py
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ def clean_subject(subject, drop_prefixes = None):
     '[bar] meep'
     """
 
+    subject = clean_header(subject)
+
     if drop_prefixes is None:
         drop_prefixes = []
     else: