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..449f0fb 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -686,18 +686,15 @@ if ( ( 'spam' === $comment_status || 'trash' === $comment_status ) && current_us
 
 		comment_text( $comment );
 		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 ) );
+			$filtered_comment = apply_filters( 'comment_edit_pre', $comment->comment_content );
 		?>
-		</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>
-		<div class="comment_status"><?php echo $comment->comment_approved; ?></div>
+		<div id="inline-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class="hidden">
+			<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>
+			<div class="comment_status"><?php echo $comment->comment_approved; ?></div>
 		</div>
 		<?php
 		}