diff --git a/core/modules/filter/filter.module b/core/modules/filter/filter.module
index 9f289b8..86a6ef8 100644
--- a/core/modules/filter/filter.module
+++ b/core/modules/filter/filter.module
@@ -616,8 +616,8 @@ function _filter_url_parse_full_links($match) {
   $i = 1;
 
   $match[$i] = Html::decodeEntities($match[$i]);
-  $caption = SafeMarkup::checkPlain(_filter_url_trim($match[$i]));
-  $match[$i] = SafeMarkup::checkPlain($match[$i]);
+  $caption = Html::escape(_filter_url_trim($match[$i]));
+  $match[$i] = Html::escape($match[$i]);
   return '<a href="' . $match[$i] . '">' . $caption . '</a>';
 }