diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
index 9c008da1a5d5a68f69d83604f7269a3445202134..5a6868be444e790dcb3741ad1ff1cb961bf2e37e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
@@ -1280,10 +1280,12 @@ export default class Notes {
    * Get data from Form attributes to use for saving/submitting comment.
    */
   getFormData($form) {
+    const content = $form.find('.js-note-text').val();
     return {
       formData: $form.serialize(),
-      formContent: _.escape($form.find('.js-note-text').val()),
+      formContent: _.escape(content),
       formAction: $form.attr('action'),
+      formContentOriginal: content,
     };
   }
 
@@ -1415,7 +1417,7 @@ export default class Notes {
     const isMainForm = $form.hasClass('js-main-target-form');
     const isDiscussionForm = $form.hasClass('js-discussion-note-form');
     const isDiscussionResolve = $submitBtn.hasClass('js-comment-resolve-button');
-    const { formData, formContent, formAction } = this.getFormData($form);
+    const { formData, formContent, formAction, formContentOriginal } = this.getFormData($form);
     let noteUniqueId;
     let systemNoteUniqueId;
     let hasQuickActions = false;
@@ -1574,7 +1576,7 @@ export default class Notes {
           $form = $notesContainer.parent().find('form');
         }
 
-        $form.find('.js-note-text').val(formContent);
+        $form.find('.js-note-text').val(formContentOriginal);
         this.reenableTargetFormSubmitButton(e);
         this.addNoteError($form);
       });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
index 66c526116140bfd6b6a41eae2b8e361c471a3e84..4546b88e44dec935d0a54bb1cf86cda40811a3ee 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ import '~/notes';
         $('.js-comment-button').click();
         expect(this.autoSizeSpy).toHaveBeenTriggered();
       });
+
+      it('should not place escaped text in the comment box in case of error', function() {
+        const deferred = $.Deferred();
+        spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
+        $(textarea).text('A comment with `markup`.');
+
+        deferred.reject();
+        $('.js-comment-button').click();
+        expect($(textarea).val()).toEqual('A comment with `markup`.');
+      });
     });
 
     describe('updateNote', () => {