diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patron_messages.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patron_messages.inc
index 14d187475b..e661464b4a 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patron_messages.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patron_messages.inc
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
                             <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/reserve/request.pl?biblionumber=[% w.biblio.biblionumber | uri %]">[% w.biblio.title | html %]</a>
                             ([% ItemTypes.GetDescription( w.item.effective_itemtype ) | html %]), [% IF ( w.biblio.author ) %]by [% w.biblio.author | html %][% END %]
                             [% IF ( w.item.itemcallnumber ) %][[% w.item.itemcallnumber | html %]][% END %]
-                            <span class="barcode">([% w.item.barcode %])</span>
+                            <span class="barcode">([% w.item.barcode | html %])</span>
                             <span class="holddate">Hold placed on [% w.reservedate | $KohaDates %].</span>
                             <br />
                             <strong class="waitinghere"> [% SET expires_on = w.expirationdate %] Waiting here [% IF expires_on %]until [% expires_on | $KohaDates %][% END %]. </strong>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
                             <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/reserve/request.pl?biblionumber=[% w.biblio.biblionumber | uri %]">[% w.biblio.title | html %]</a>
                             ([% ItemTypes.GetDescription( w.item.effective_itemtype ) | html %]), [% IF ( w.biblio.author ) %]by [% w.biblio.author | html %][% END %]
                             [% IF ( w.item.itemcallnumber ) %][[% w.item.itemcallnumber | html %]][% END %]
-                            <span class="barcode">([% w.item.barcode %])</span>
+                            <span class="barcode">([% w.item.barcode | html %])</span>
                             <span>Hold placed on [% w.reservedate | $KohaDates %].</span>
                             <br />
                             <strong> [% SET expires_on = w.expirationdate %] Waiting at [% w.branch.branchname | html %] [% IF expires_on %]until [% expires_on | $KohaDates %][% END %] </strong>