diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
index f2b0699f13645cbac8b080a2a38c98648065c8ef..2bc9048b2add85f869362df9fce8f5d626377c9a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
     = gfm escape_once(@commit.title)
   - if @commit.description.present?
     %pre.commit-description
-      = gfm escape_once(@commit.description)
+      = preserve(gfm(escape_once(@commit.description)))