diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
index f2b0699f13..2bc9048b2a 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)))
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index abe0d4cff4..8e73663939 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   - if commit.description?
     .commit-row-description.js-toggle-content
       %pre
-        = commit.description
+        = preserve(gfm(escape_once(commit.description)))
 
   .commit-row-info
     = commit_author_link(commit, avatar: true, size: 16)