diff --git a/includes/formatters/EchoHtmlEmailFormatter.php b/includes/formatters/EchoHtmlEmailFormatter.php
index 54d268d47..3c4e4d2e2 100644
--- a/includes/formatters/EchoHtmlEmailFormatter.php
+++ b/includes/formatters/EchoHtmlEmailFormatter.php
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ EOF;
 
 		return $this->msg( 'echo-email-html-footer' )
 			->params( $wgEchoEmailFooterAddress, $prefsUrl )
-			->parse();
+			// This is a raw HTML message, so we need text() instead of parse() here
+			->text();
 	}
 
 	private function renderLink( $link, $style ) {