diff --git a/modules/mod_random_image/tmpl/default.php b/modules/mod_random_image/tmpl/default.php
index 0bd5435b47dfd..87d73b10418e5 100644
--- a/modules/mod_random_image/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/modules/mod_random_image/tmpl/default.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <?php if ($link) : ?>
 <a href="<?php echo $link; ?>">
 <?php endif; ?>
-	<?php echo JHtml::_('image', $image->folder . '/' . $this->escape($image->name), $this->escape($image->name), array('width' => $image->width, 'height' => $image->height)); ?>
+	<?php echo JHtml::_('image', $image->folder . '/' . htmlspecialchars($image->name, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), htmlspecialchars($image->name, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), array('width' => $image->width, 'height' => $image->height)); ?>
 <?php if ($link) : ?>
 </a>
 <?php endif; ?>