diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index e64086d..e73d12b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -688,12 +688,12 @@ if ( ( 'spam' === $comment_status || 'trash' === $comment_status ) && current_us
 		if ( $this->user_can ) {
 		?>
 		<div id="inline-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class="hidden">
-		<textarea class="comment" rows="1" cols="1">
 		<?php
-			/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/comment.php */
-			echo esc_textarea( apply_filters( 'comment_edit_pre', $comment->comment_content ) );
+		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/comment.php */
+		$filtered_comment = apply_filters( 'comment_edit_pre', $comment->comment_content );
 		?>
-		</textarea>
+
+		<textarea class="comment" rows="1" cols="1"><?php echo esc_textarea( $filtered_comment ); ?></textarea>
 		<div class="author-email"><?php echo esc_attr( $comment->comment_author_email ); ?></div>
 		<div class="author"><?php echo esc_attr( $comment->comment_author ); ?></div>
 		<div class="author-url"><?php echo esc_attr( $comment->comment_author_url ); ?></div>