diff --git a/core/modules/contextual/src/Element/ContextualLinksPlaceholder.php b/core/modules/contextual/src/Element/ContextualLinksPlaceholder.php
index d10078b..ba02605 100644
--- a/core/modules/contextual/src/Element/ContextualLinksPlaceholder.php
+++ b/core/modules/contextual/src/Element/ContextualLinksPlaceholder.php
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ public function getInfo() {
    * @see _contextual_links_to_id()
    */
   public static function preRenderPlaceholder(array $element) {
-    $element['#markup'] = '<div' . new Attribute(array('data-contextual-id' => $element['#id'])) . '></div>';
+    // @todo Consider String::format instead.
+    $element['#markup'] = SafeMarkup::set('<div' . new Attribute(array('data-contextual-id' => $element['#id'])) . '></div>');
     return $element;
   }