diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/breadcrumbs.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/breadcrumbs.js
index 17b0cbb804..694671f335 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/breadcrumbs.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/views/breadcrumbs.js
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ frappe.breadcrumbs = {
 			let title = frappe.model.get_doc_title(doc);
 			docname_title = title || doc.name;
 			if (frappe.utils.is_html(docname_title)) {
-				docname_title = $(docname_title).text();
+				docname_title = strip_html(docname_title);
 			}
 		}
 		this.append_breadcrumb_element(form_route, docname_title, "title-text-form");