diff --git a/src/InlineLexer.js b/src/InlineLexer.js
index d0c9d4129b..86f62b01fa 100644
--- a/src/InlineLexer.js
+++ b/src/InlineLexer.js
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ module.exports = class InlineLexer {
         }
 
         src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
-        out += this.options.sanitize
-          ? this.options.sanitizer
+        out += this.renderer.html(this.options.sanitize
+          ? (this.options.sanitizer
             ? this.options.sanitizer(cap[0])
-            : escape(cap[0])
-          : cap[0];
+            : escape(cap[0]))
+          : cap[0]);
         continue;
       }