diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
index 7fe8d1c4b6a..50f13c63dff 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
 
   _updateTitle: function() {
     var title = this.get('topic.title');
-    if (title) return Discourse.set('title', title);
+    if (title) return Discourse.set('title', _.unescape(title));
   }.observes('topic.loaded', 'topic.title'),
 
   _composeChanged: function() {