diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/section-link-prefix.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/section-link-prefix.hbs
index ee41f1194a3..3af9d14f7e1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/section-link-prefix.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/section-link-prefix.hbs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     {{/if}}
 
     {{#if (eq @prefixType "span")}}
-      <span style={{@prefixCSS}} class="prefix-span"></span>
+      <span style={{html-safe @prefixCSS}} class="prefix-span"></span>
     {{/if}}
 
     {{#if @prefixBadge}}