diff --git a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
index 93806ac199e0e087c2dd449f902d241e3371f110..89a054289e8ad96eae1f674c9ac99756d3e30b59 100644
--- a/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/labels_helper.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module LabelsHelper
def render_colored_cross_project_label(label)
label_suffix = label.project.name_with_namespace
- label_suffix = " in #{label_suffix}"
+ label_suffix = " in #{escape_once(label_suffix)}"
render_colored_label(label, label_suffix)
end