diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index 63d287870e..e60ab5b535 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default class TextualBody extends React.Component {
 
     _addCodeElement(pre) {
         const code = document.createElement("code");
-        code.innerHTML = pre.innerHTML;
+        code.append(...pre.childNodes);
         pre.innerHTML = "";
         pre.appendChild(code);
     }