function get_order_subtotal doesn't remove "excl. tax"

I noticed that the function get_order_subtotal tries to remove the “excl. tax” on the price, but it fails.

The reason is that the function get_subtotal_to_display() adds ‘ <small class=”tax_label”>’ in this part of code:

if ( $tax_display == 'excl' && $this->prices_include_tax ) {
        $subtotal .= ' <small class="tax_label">' . WC()->countries->ex_tax_or_vat() . '</small>';
      }

while get_order_subtotal tries to remove it searching for ‘ <small>’ in the string, in this piece of code:
$subtotal = ($pos = strpos($subtotal, ' <small>')) ? substr($subtotal, 0, $pos) : $subtotal; //removing the 'excluding tax' text

I fixed it changing it to:
$subtotal = ($pos = strpos($subtotal, 'small')) ? substr($subtotal, 0, $pos) : $subtotal; //removing the 'excluding tax' text

Can you solve it too in a stable release?

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