diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/featured-topic.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/featured-topic.hbs
index e84b8bf4e78..7061778b8ed 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/featured-topic.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/featured-topic.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{topic-status topic=topic}}
+{{raw "topic-status" topic=topic}}
 <a class='title' href="{{unbound topic.lastUnreadUrl}}">{{{unbound topic.fancyTitle}}}</a>
 {{topic-post-badges newPosts=topic.totalUnread unseen=topic.unseen url=topic.lastUnreadUrl}}