diff -u b/core/modules/shortcut/shortcut.module b/core/modules/shortcut/shortcut.module
--- b/core/modules/shortcut/shortcut.module
+++ b/core/modules/shortcut/shortcut.module
@@ -309,10 +309,11 @@
     $link = Url::fromRouteMatch(\Drupal::routeMatch())->getInternalPath();
     $route_match = \Drupal::routeMatch();
 
-    // Use the route's title instead of $variables['title'] since
-    // $variables['title'] may have been changed and may contains extraneous
-    // markup.
-    $title = \Drupal::service('title_resolver')->getTitle(\Drupal::request(), $route_match->getRouteObject());
+    // Use the route's title when available since $variables['title'] may have
+    // been changed and may contains extraneous markup (e.g the markup created
+    // by quickedit module).
+    $title_resolver = \Drupal::service('title_resolver');
+    $title = $title_resolver->getTitle(\Drupal::request(), $route_match->getRouteObject()) ? : $variables['title'];
 
     $query = array(
       'link' => $link,