diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
index 97d60c960c6..4aee8aad4c4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export class PanelCtrl {
     let html = '<div class="markdown-html panel-info-content">';
 
     const md = renderMarkdown(interpolatedMarkdown);
-    html += config.disableSanitizeHtml ? md : sanitize(md);
+    html += md;
 
     if (panel.links && panel.links.length > 0) {
       const interpolatedLinks = getPanelLinksSupplier(panel).getLinks();
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export class PanelCtrl {
 
     html += '</div>';
 
-    return html;
+    return config.disableSanitizeHtml ? html : sanitize(html);
   }
 
   // overriden from react