diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/list/listview.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/list/listview.js
index 2b1a307685..63d1e779c9 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/list/listview.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/list/listview.js
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ frappe.views.ListView = Class.extend({
 		data._name_encoded = encodeURIComponent(data.name);
 		data._submittable = frappe.model.is_submittable(this.doctype);
 
-		data._title = data[this.title_field || "name"] || data["name"];
+		data._title = strip_html(data[this.title_field || "name"] || data["name"]);
 		data._full_title = data._title;
 
 		if(data._title.length > 40) {
@@ -390,4 +390,4 @@ frappe.views.ListView = Class.extend({
 		var icon_html = "<i class='%(icon_class)s' title='%(label)s'></i>";
 		$(parent).append(repl(icon_html, {icon_class: icon_class, label: __(label) || ''}));
 	}
-});
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+});