diff --git a/lms/static/js/views/fields.js b/lms/static/js/views/fields.js
index d4980f21ee..e6dc15d98e 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/views/fields.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/views/fields.js
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 
             updateValueInField: function () {
                 var value = (_.isUndefined(this.modelValue()) || _.isNull(this.modelValue())) ? '' : this.modelValue();
-                this.$('.u-field-value input').val(_.escape(value));
+                this.$('.u-field-value input').val(value);
             },
 
             saveValue: function () {